admirative

adj
/ædˈmaɪ.ɹə.tɪv/

Etymology

Via French admiratif or directly from its etymon, Medieval Latin admirativus.

  1. derived from admirativus
  2. borrowed from admiratif

Definitions

  1. Characterized by admiration.

  2. a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan…

    a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA