Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Of or relating to the mirative mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A grammatical mood that expresses (surprise at) unexpected revelations or new information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
(An instance of) a form of a word which conveys this mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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History
Possibly from (ad)mirative, from French admiratif (“tending to admire”) (used by French diplomat and scholar Auguste Dozon (1822–1890), imitating the use of the Ancient Greek ἀπροσδόκητος (aprosdókētos, “unexpected”) in a similar context by Albanian translator and scholar Kostandin Kristoforidhi (1826–1895)), from Latin admīrārī, present active infinitive of admīror (“to admire, respect; to be astonished, to be surprised at”), from ad- (“to”) + mīror (“to admire, marvel at; to be amazed or astonished at”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to be glad, laugh”)).
Across languages
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