| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| mirabile dictu |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mi·ra·bi·le dic·tu |
| PRONUNCIATION: | m -rä b -l d k t |
| INTERJECTION: | Wonderful to relate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin m r bile dict : m r bile, neuter sing. of m r bilis, wonderful + dict , ablative sing. supine of d cere, to say.
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