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mirabile dictu

Syllables: mi·ra·bi·le dic·tu/mɪˌɹɑːbɪleɪ ˈdɪktuː/

mirabile dictu interjection: wonderfully, amazingly; remarkable to relate.

Interjection

  1. Wonderfully, amazingly; remarkable to relate.
    • And then, mirabile dictu, between the piers, leaping from wave to wave as it rushed at headlong speed, swept the strange schooner before the blast, with all sail set, and gained the safety of the harbour.1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 7, in Dracula
    • Nantucket is a pretty upmarket place. Mirabile dictu, this is one place in the US where not a McDonald's or Burger King is to be seen.1994 July 6, Rupert Cornwell, “Out of America: Piping plover gives an island resort the bird”, in The Independent, retrieved 23 Feb 2014

Origin of mirabile dictu

Borrowed from Latin mīrābile dictū (literally “able to astonish by the saying [of it]”).

Questions about mirabile dictu

What does mirabile dictu mean?
Mirabile dictu means wonderfully, amazingly; remarkable to relate.
What part of speech is mirabile dictu?
Mirabile dictu is an interjection.
How do you pronounce mirabile dictu?
Mirabile dictu is pronounced /mɪˌɹɑːbɪleɪ ˈdɪktuː/.

Words near mirabile dictu in the dictionary

  1. Mirabellis
  2. Mirabells
  3. mirabilaries
  4. mirabilary
  5. Mirabile
  6. mirabile dictu
  7. mirabile visu
  8. Mirabiles
  9. mirabilia
  10. mirabilis
  11. mirabilises

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