Etymology

mirabile dictu

mi·ra·bi·le dic·tu

Today it means: Wonderfully, amazingly; remarkable to relate. Full definition →

Latin mīrābile dictū
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommīrābile dictū
  2. English todaymirabile dictu

Borrowed from Latin mīrābile dictū (literally “able to astonish by the saying [of it]”).

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