mirific
/maɪˈɹɪf.ɪk/
mirific adjective: working wonders; wonderful.
Adjective
mirific (comparative more mirific, superlative most mirific)
- Working wonders; wonderful.
- The Spirit of Grace, in whose mirific power our Savior first, and his Apostls afterward, proclaimed the Gospel […]1681, Arthur Bury, The Constant Communicant, Oxford: Stephen Botton, Part 4, Chapter 1, p. 192
- See the very intelligible Theorist is at hand in our Necessity, to teach the impetuous Motions of mirifick Exultation.1700, Thomas d’Urfey, An Essay towards the Theory of the Intelligible World, London, Section 32, p. 140
- Synonyms:
- mirifical
Examples of mirific in a sentence
- P. does not condescend to visit: that man educates a mirific family, and is loved by the poor for miles round;1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The Book of Snobs, London: Punch Office, page 120:
- a carpet overgrown with huge, gorgeous flowers, and the walls overgrown with huge, gorgeous flowers of another but equally mirific plant1922, Arnold Bennett, Lilian, London: Cassell, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 133:
- 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.”1977, Leo Rosten, chapter 5, in The Power of Positive Nonsense, New York: McGraw-Hill, page 186:
Synonyms of mirific
Forms of mirific
| comparative | more mirific |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mirific |
Origin of mirific
From Latin mirificus and Middle French mirifique.
Words formed from mirific
Words that rhyme with mirific
- specific
- prolific
- calorific
- colorific
- hieroglyphic
- honorific
- scientific
- terrific
- -ific
- biospecific
- calcific
- dolorific
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- febrific
- interspecific
- morbific
- organific
- pacific
- signific
- soporific
- sudorific
- triglyphic
- trispecific
- unterrific
- vaporific
- acidific
- algific
- allospecific
- anaglyphic
- anticalcific
- antiprolific
- aspecific
- aurific
- bioscientific
- bispecific
- carbonific
- chylific
- classific
- coelanaglyphic
- conspecific
- cornific
- cospecific
- crapperific
- damnific
- deific
- diaglyphic
- ditriglyphic
- frigorific
- geoglyphic
- grandific
- hipsterific
- horrific
- humilific
- inspecific
- lactific
- lapidific
- lithoglyphic
- lucific
- lucrific
- nanospecific
- omnific
Questions about mirific
- What does mirific mean?
- Mirific means working wonders; wonderful.
- How do you use mirific in a sentence?
- P. does not condescend to visit: that man educates a mirific family, and is loved by the poor for miles round;
- What part of speech is mirific?
- Mirific is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce mirific?
- Mirific is pronounced /maɪˈɹɪf.ɪk/.
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