mirific
Americanadjective
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working miracles or wonders.
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causing a feeling of wonder or astonishment.
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Even had he had the use of a bench, instead of a mere chair, he would never have allowed titled ladies in mirific black hats to share it with him.
From The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett
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 Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
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 Stuart Oliver Henry
Wouldst not that I were ever habited thus, mirific Mammy?
From Hildegarde's Harvest by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
The power of the mirific ineffable name is the crown of this Sakti.
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
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