mirabile dictu

[ mee-rah-bi-le dik-too; English mi-rab-uh-lee dik-too, -tyoo ]

Latin.

strange to say; marvelous to relate.

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How to use mirabile dictu in a sentence

A page and a quarter (mirabile dictu) is devoted to a shoemakers' strike with no definite result.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 5, May, 1884 | Various
Mr Bowles—mirabile dictu—backs his old schoolmaster against the goddess.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 | Various
The family doesn't care when it has its dinner, and, mirabile dictu, the cook doesn't care either!
Penelope's Irish Experiences | Kate Douglas Wiggin
But, mirabile dictu, during the passage they had managed to get a wax impression of it!
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes | Various
It was further resolved, (p. 85) mirabile dictu, by 17 votes against 13, to surrender to the English forces!
Through Shot and Flame | J. D. Kestell.

British Dictionary definitions for mirabile dictu

mirabile dictu

/ Latin (mɪˈræbɪleɪ ˈdɪktuː) /

wonderful to relate; amazing to say

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