Meanings
nounmirativity (uncountable)
- uncountablegrammarThe 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.
2014, The Grammar of Knowledge, page 212
Origin
Translations
French mirativité
- mirativitéthe quality of being mirative
German Mirativität
- Mirativitätthe quality of being mirative
Polish miratywność
- miratywnośćthe quality of being mirative
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