mirific

From Latin mirificus and Middle French mirifique.

mirific (comparative more mirific, superlative most mirific)

1. (literary) Working wonders; wonderful.
   • 1681, Arthur Bury, The Constant Communicant, Oxford: Stephen Botton, Part 4, Chapter 1, p. 192,

     The Spirit of Grace, in whose mirific power our Savior first, and his Apostls afterward, proclaimed the Gospel

   • 1700, Thomas d’Urfey, An Essay towards the Theory of the Intelligible World‎, London, Section 32, p. 140:

     See the very intelligible Theorist is at hand in our Necessity, to teach the impetuous Motions of mirifick Exultation.

   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The Book of Snobs‎, London: Punch Office, page 120:

     […] there is the Doctor, whom Mrs. P. does not condescend to visit: that man educates a mirific family, and is loved by the poor for miles round;

   • 1922, Arnold Bennett, Lilian‎, London: Cassell, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 133:

     a carpet overgrown with huge, gorgeous flowers, and the walls overgrown with huge, gorgeous flowers of another but equally mirific plant

   • 1977, Leo Rosten, chapter 5, in The Power of Positive Nonsense‎, New York: McGraw-Hill, page 186:

     In as blasé a tone as I could manage in such mirific circumstances, I murmured, “Ma’am, if you would care to glance out of the window—over there—you will see a flying saucer.”

• mirifical

Borrowed from French mirifique.

mirific m or n (feminine singular mirifică, masculine plural mirifici, feminine and neuter plural mirifice)

1. mirific, wonderful