mirative
A grammatical mood that expresses unexpected revelations or new informationA grammatical mood that expresses (surprise at) unexpected revelations or new information.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A grammatical mood that expresses (surprise at) unexpected revelations or new information.
Admirativ
адмирати́вностьadmiratívnostʹ
(countable)(An instance of) a form of a word which conveys this mood.
Translations
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Origin
Possibly from (ad)mirative, from French admiratif (“tending to admire”) (used by French diPossibly 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”)).
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Forms
plural: mirativesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable