mirable
English
Etymology
From Latin mīrābilis, from mīrārī (“to wonder”). Compare Old French mirable. See marvel. Doublet of mirabilis.
Adjective
mirable (comparative more mirable, superlative most mirable)
- (obsolete) wonderful; admirable
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
- Not Neoptolemus so mirable.
References
- “mirable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.