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.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• anni mirabiles
  plural

Example Sentences

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annus mirabilis

I am supposed to be having my annus mirabilis now.

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

“Watchmen” also arrived during what, in hindsight, was an annus mirabilis for comic books.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2019

But the study has limitations, not least that the team defined an actor’s annus mirabilis by the number of acting credits.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2019

The eighth decade of the sixteenth century was memorable in the history of Protestantism in its Presbyterian or Calvinistic form, and the year 1572 has been termed its annus mirabilis.

From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay