单词 |
mirific |
释义 |
mirific, a. rare.|maɪˈrɪfɪk| Forms: 5 myrifyke, myryfyke, 8 mirifick, 7– mirific. [a. F. mirifique, ad. L. mīrificus, f. mīrus wonderful + -ficus (see -fic). Cf. It., Pg. mirifico, Sp. mirífico.] Doing wonders; exciting wonder or astonishment; marvellous. Now chiefly jocular.
1490Caxton Eneydos vi. 24 Hiely decored by merueyllous artes and myryfyke. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. iv. 45 In..very few years you should be sure to see the sancts..more numerous, wonder-working, and mirifick. 1727Bailey vol. II, Mirifick. 1832Examiner 291/2 They have accomplished something mirific. 1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxi, That man educates a mirific family. 1853Blackw. Mag. LXXIII. 635 The mirific diminishment of the contents of the brandy-bottle. |

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