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)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• Ambriel, Mirabel, balmier, lambier, remblai