Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

admirate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-mi-rate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Example Sentences

"I admirate Oprah's capital gains, but as far as her moral life, well, she's a fat whore!"
"We are very admirating of him in France."
"In fact, Miles went into jazz-rock-funk by deeply participating to create this musical movement end of 60s. So, during this period, he mixed influnces^([sic]) from Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone in jazz and was admirating those musicians."
"Yes, but that means that Robin's link is incorrect! (But that does not prevent me from admirating Robin's actions for TeX stuff.)"

Etymology

Back-formation from admiration. Equivalent to admire + -ate.

Inflected Forms

admirates (present, singular) admirating (participle, present) admirated (participle, past) admirated (past)

Questions

What does admirate mean?: To admire.
Where does admirate come from?: Back-formation from admiration. Equivalent to admire + -ate.

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