mirific

comparative more mirific · superlative most mirific

1. literaryWorking wonders; wonderful.

   1681, Arthur Bury, The Constant Communicant, Oxford: Stephen Botton, Part 4, Chapter 1, p. 192, The Spirit of Grace, in whose mirific power our Savior first, and his Apostls afterward, proclaimed the Gospel […]

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   See the very intelligible Theorist is at hand in our Necessity, to teach the impetuous Motions of mirifick Exultation.

   1700, Thomas d’Urfey, An Essay towards the Theory of the Intelligible World, London, Section 32, p. 140

   […] there is the Doctor, whom Mrs. P. does not condescend to visit: that man educates a mirific family, and is loved by the poor for miles round;

   1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The Book of Snobs, London: Punch Office, page 120

   a carpet overgrown with huge, gorgeous flowers, and the walls overgrown with huge, gorgeous flowers of another but equally mirific plant

   1922, Arnold Bennett, Lilian, London: Cassell, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 133

   In as blasé a tone as I could manage in such mirific circumstances, I murmured, “Ma’am, if you would care to glance out of the window—over there—you will see a flying saucer.”

   1977, Leo Rosten, chapter 5, in The Power of Positive Nonsense, New York: McGraw-Hill, page 186

   Synonyms: mirifical