Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Wonderful to relate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Wonderful to relate.
Wiktionary
- interj. wonderfully, amazingly; It's a miracle!
Etymologies
- From Latin, mirabilis ("wonderful") + dictum, supine of dico ("speak, tell") (Wiktionary)
- Latin mīrābile dictū : mīrābile, neuter sing. of mīrābilis, wonderful + dictū, ablative sing. supine of dīcere, to say. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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