miration

plural mirations

1. Southern USuncommonDisplay of surprise or wonderment, of marvelling at something; commotion.First known use since the late 1800s

   Everybody make a lot of miration over Tashi. People look at her and Adam’s scars like that’s they business.

   1982, Alice Walker, The Color Purple, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 244

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   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."

   1919, Hettingers Dental News, page 5