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English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
mirabilis (plural mirabilises)
- (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
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Latin
Etymology
From mīror (“to marvel at”) + -bilis (“-able”), from mīrus (“wonderful”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
mīrābilis (neuter mīrābile, adverb mīrābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, amazing
- glorious
- miracle
- miraculous
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
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References
- “mirabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mirabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mirabilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mirabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.