miration

noun
/maɪ.ɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Related to mirate. Usually said to be a shortening of admiration. Ultimately from Latin mīrātiō, mīror (“marvel at”).

  1. derived from mīrātiō

Definitions

  1. Display of surprise or wonderment, of marvelling at something

    Display of surprise or wonderment, of marvelling at something; commotion.

    • Reaching the foot of the hill I landed in the midst of an Indian village. I almost jumped out of that buggy when all the dogs in that village commenced barking at once — the women and children came out, stared and "made mirations."
    • Everybody make a lot of miration over Tashi. People look at her and Adam’s scars like that’s they business.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for miration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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