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mirativity

noun

Etymology

From mirative + -ity.

  1. derived from *smey-✻
  2. derived from admīrārī
  3. derived from admiratif
  4. suffixed as mirativity — “mirative + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being mirative, that is, of expressing (surprise at) an unexpected…

    The quality of being mirative, that is, of expressing (surprise at) an unexpected revelation or new information.

    • A non-evidential extension of the dubitative marker is associated with mirativity, found in contexts when the speaker is stunned or perplexed by a discovery.

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