annus mirabilis
year of wonders; wonderful year.
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How to use annus mirabilis in a sentence
Yet the scenery for this annus mirabilis production has always been rather flimsy.
The Volgograd Bombings and the Return of Big Terror to Russia | Michael Weiss | January 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was an annus mirabilis for the hideous (Putin, Assad, Cyrus), an annus horribilis for just about everyone else.
Affleck later called the period the “annus horribilis of my life.”
A Look Back at ‘Gigli,’ the Infamous Bennifer-Starring Film, on Its 10th Anniversary | Marlow Stern | August 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe incident caps an annus horribilis for the Spanish Royal Family.
Finally, last season, Idol's annus horribilis, the wheels fell off the cart entirely.
Four Reasons American Idol Is Back From the Dead | Richard Rushfield | March 8, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
The year 1814 was an annus mirabilis for England, as will be seen as it is unfolded.
Social England under the Regency, Vol. 1 (of 2) | John Ashton.Only in a single poem, that of the "annus mirabilis," in 1671, had he given any true indications of his surpassing powers.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) | John Richard GreenThis has been everywhere an 'annus mirabilis' for bad weather, and it continues here still.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of ChesterfieldNosti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) | Richard BaxterCompare the medieval proverb:—'Hoc facit una dies quod totus denegat annus.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for annus mirabilis
/ Latin (ˈænʊs mɪˈræbɪlɪs) /
a year of wonders, catastrophes, or other notable events
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Cultural definitions for annus mirabilis
[ (an-uhs mi-rab-uh-lis) ]
A Latin expression meaning “miraculous year.” The term refers to a year in which an unusual number of remarkable things occurred: “The Waste Land and Ulysses both appeared in 1922, the annus mirabilis of modern literature.”
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