annus mirabilis

English

Etymology

From Latin annus (“year”) + mirabilis (“miraculous”).
From the title of a poem by John Dryden that commemorates the 'year' June 1665-September 1666, during which occurred several momentous events, beginning with a decisive English victory at the Battle of Lowestoft and ending with the Great Fire of London.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌanəs mɪˈɹɑːbɪlɪs/
Hyphenation: annus mira‧bilis

Noun

annus mirabilis (plural anni mirabiles)

A year that includes a multitude of significant and fateful events, be they disasters or successes.
- „The year 1905 was said to be Albert Einstein’s annus mirabilis – his “miracle year”– in which he published four important papers that set the stage for modern physics. Just over a century later, that phrase comes to my mind when I think of 2015 and New Horizons; it’s been our miracle year. Just consider, in the last 12 months…“[1]

Related terms

annus horribilis

Translations

year that includes significant and fateful events

French: annus mirabilis (fr) m
German: annus mirabilis (de)

Portuguese: annus mirabilis m

References

Alan Stern (2015-12-30), “The PI's Perspective: Our 'Annus Mirabilis'”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎ (HTML, in English), New Horizons – NASA's Mission to Pluto, archived from the original on 2015-12-30, retrieved 2016-01-04

Portuguese

Noun

annus mirabilis m (plural anni mirabiles)

annus mirabilis (year with many fateful events)

[1] Alan Stern (2015-12-30), “The PI's Perspective: Our 'Annus Mirabilis'”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎ (HTML, in English), New Horizons – NASA's Mission to Pluto, archived from the original on 2015-12-30, retrieved 2016-01-04