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mirabilis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
mirabilis
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin mīrābilis. Doublet of mirable.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mirabilises (plural)

Phrases

annus mirabilis anorexia mirabilis aqua mirabilis rete mirabile

Frequently Paired Words

annus mirabilis anorexia mirabilis aqua mirabilis rete mirabile

Questions

What does mirabilis mean?
Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
Where does mirabilis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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