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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mirativity en · NOUN

Etymology

From mirative + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (of a mood, uncountable) The quality of being mirative, that is, of expressing (surprise at) an unexpected revelation or new information.
    • A non-evidential extension of the dubitative marker is associated with mirativity, found in contexts when the speaker is stunned or perplexed by a discovery. 2014, The Grammar of Knowledge, page 212:

Relateds

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Translations (3)

pl miratywność (the quality of being mirative) · fr mirativité (the quality of being mirative) · de Mirativität (the quality of being mirative)