mirable
English
Etymology
From Latin mirabilis, from mirari (“to wonder”). Compare Old French mirable. See marvel.
Adjective
mirable (comparative more mirable, superlative most mirable)
- (obsolete) wonderful; admirable
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
"Not Neoptolemus so mirable". Troilus and Cressida, Act IV scene 5
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mirable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Ambriel, Mirabel, balmier, lambier, remblai