annus mirabilis

American  

[ahn-noos mi-rah-bi-lis, an-uhs-muh-rab-uh-lis] / ˈɑn nʊs mɪˈrɑ bɪ lɪs, ˈæn əs məˈræb ə lɪs /

noun

Latin.

• anni mirabiles
  plural

1. year of wonders; wonderful year.

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annus mirabilis British  

/ ˈænʊs mɪˈræbɪlɪs /

noun

1. a year of wonders, catastrophes, or other notable events

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annus mirabilis Cultural  

1. 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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The reverse is an annus horribilus, or “terrible year.” Queen Elizabeth II used the term in 1992, referring to a major fire at Windsor Castle and the widely publicized marital problems of her family members.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• anni mirabiles
  plural

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annus mirabilis

There was a plague, so Isaac Newton went home, and for him it was an annus mirabilis, which in Latin is a “year of miracles.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2020

The annus mirabilis, Warner adds, was 1743, when one person’s average annual consumption hit 2.2 gallons.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019

Two thousand and six was something of an annus mirabilis for Morgan.

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2019

This year has not been an annus mirabilis for China’s Huawei Technologies Ltd, the world’s largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment and second-biggest maker of smartphones.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2018

The plot and characterization follow old types; and the poetry, though not lacking in fine passages, is inferior to nearly everything else that Keats wrote in his annus mirabilis, 1819.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike

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