mirabile dictu love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Wonderful to relate.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Wonderful to relate.

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  • interjection wonderfully, amazingly; It's a miracle!

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin mīrābile dictū : mīrābile, neuter sing. of mīrābilis, wonderful + dictū, ablative sing. supine of dīcere, to say.]

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From Latin, mirabilis ("wonderful") + dictum, supine of dico ("speak, tell")

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Examples

  • Added Krauthammer, “Obama has now decided that the man he simply could not banish because he had become part of Obama himself is, mirabile dictu, surgically excised.”

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • Added Krauthammer, “Obama has now decided that the man he simply could not banish because he had become part of Obama himself is, mirabile dictu, surgically excised.”

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • Worse, there would never be any wonderful surprises, as I look for X and Y but, mirabile dictu, find Z, which I thought I had lost years ago.

    The Life Well-Read Eric Ormsby 2011

  • There were two "spoiled ballots" in my opinion, one vote for McCain--and, mirabile dictu, Mike Brock showed up late to throw in a solitary vote for Obama.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • UPPERDATE: August 29 The blogswarm continues--and, mirabile dictu, there are some signs of life from the media.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Millions of women, mirabile dictu, still love the men in their lives and are disgusted by what's become the fashionable demonization of men.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Mike L 2007

  • Millions of women, mirabile dictu, still love the men in their lives and are disgusted by what's become the fashionable demonization of men.

    The Duke "rape" case Mike L 2007

  • De jure recognition of English would, mirabile dictu, change nothing.

    Firedoglake » Lieberman Supports Anti-Choice License Plates For Connecticut 2006

  • My teacher, mirabile dictu, had been right about what my target market wanted: a little girl in braids, spouting grammatical incorrectness.

    Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Eye on the prize: living with feedback 2006

  • Again, you guys cavilierly “disprove” every single damn Nature or Science paper, mirabile dictu!

    Enron Verdict « Climate Audit 2006

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