mirabile visu

mi·ra·bi·le vi·su

interjection

Wonderful to behold.

OriginLatin mīrābile vīsū →
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Meanings

interjection
  1. Wonderful to behold.

    But still, I edged forward, stepping around other runners until I could - mirabile visu - actually see the bony arms of the men who expected to win this thing.

    2018, Peter Sagal, chapter 9, in The Incomplete Book of Running

Origin

  1. Latinmīrābile vīsū
  2. Englishmirabile visu

Borrowed from Latin mīrābile vīsū (literally “strange to see”).

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mirabile visu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirabile%20visu

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“mirabile visu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirabile%20visu. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mirabile visu,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirabile%20visu.

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