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Oscar Wilde's glassy, angular 'Miss' (5)

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I believe the answer is:

prism

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'miss' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for prism that I've seen before include "Glass triangle that separates white light into the colour spectrum" , "Three-sided object that separates light into colours" , "White light splitter" , "Prims (anag)" , "Light beam splitter" .)

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