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English
Etymology
From Latin mirandus, suffixed with -ous.
Adjective
mirandous (not comparable)
- (formal) Amazing; miraculous.
1683, For God's Worship and Worshippers, both in the purity of the one and liberty of the other, etc:Trace the Stories of old Scripture-times, and the Defeats given in Battels by the heavenly Hosts for Israel; and see if our Defence be not both · mirandous and miraculous, tho Man gave not a Blow:
1809, William Oldys, Thomas Park, The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts Selected from the Library of Edward Harley, Volume 4:There is no cause, from an antecedent sanctity, to ascribe 'this mirandous production to miraculous causes.
2013, Jim Combs, Comic Grace: We Mortal Fools in Movie Comedy:It suggests nobility—Miranda in Latin means “worthy of admiration” and is similar to mirandous, or miraculous; Priestly suggests the possession of consecrated knowledge.