mirific

American  

[mahy-rif-ik] / maɪˈrɪf ɪk /

adjective

1. working miracles or wonders.

2. causing a feeling of wonder or astonishment.

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Example Sentences

I don't know how his consciousness could have arrived at appreciation of Antoinette's cooking, for he talked all through dinner, giving me an account of his mirific adventures in foreign cities.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John

He, too, is a dictator, at once humorous and tragic like the mirific doctor, but, unlike him, infinitely subtle.

From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive

I can secure them, friends, in any number; For Guinea Pigs are numerous and prolific And as decoys their influence is mirific.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

It was evident that the family, after the arrival of the mirific Jim Deming, had grown somewhat accustomed to Americans and had at length struck a sentimental attitude.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver

Yet the learned hold that the true mirific name is lost, the word “Jehovah” dating only from the Masoretic innovation.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward