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mirable

mirable adjective: wonderful; admirable.

Adjective

mirable (comparative more mirable, superlative most mirable)

  1. (obsolete) wonderful; admirable
    • Not Neoptolemus so mirable.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of mirable

comparativemore mirable
superlativemost mirable

Origin of mirable

From Latin mīrābilis, from mīrārī (“to wonder”). Compare Old French mirable. See marvel. Doublet of mirabilis.

Questions about mirable

What does mirable mean?
Mirable means wonderful; admirable.
What part of speech is mirable?
Mirable is an adjective.

Words near mirable in the dictionary

  1. mirabilises
  2. mirabilite
  3. mirabilites
  4. mirability
  5. mirabilysin
  6. mirable
  7. mirabolan
  8. mirabolans
  9. mirabolic
  10. Mirac
  11. mirach

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