Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: MI-RAC'U-LOUS – MIR-Y
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MI-RAC'U-LOUS, a.
- 1. Performed supernaturally, or by power beyond the ordinary agency of natural laws; effected by the direct agency of Almighty power, and not by natural causes; as, the miraculous healing of the sick or raising the dead by Christ.
- Supernatural; furnished supernaturally, or competent to perform miracles; as, the miraculous powers of the Apostles. Miraculous, applied to the extraordinary powers of the Apostles, may mean conferred by supernatural agency, or competent to work miracles. I believe it is generally used in the latter sense.
- In a less definite sense, wonderful; extraordinary.
MI-RAC'U-LOUS-LY, adv.
- By miracle; supernaturally. Aeneas, wounded as he was, could not have engaged him in single combat, unless his hurt had been miraculously healed. Dryden.
- Wonderfully; by extraordinary means.
The state of being effected by miracle or by supernatural agency.
MIR-A-DOR, n. [Sp. from L. miror.]
A balcony or gallery commanding an extensive view.
MI-RAGE, n. [L. miror.]
An optical illusion, which, on a desert or extensive plain, exhibits the appearance of an elevated object, or of water at a distance. [See Loom.]
MIRE, n.1 [See Class Mr, No. 16.]
Deep mud; earth so wet and soft as to yield to the feet and to wheels.
MIRE, n.2
An ant. [See Pismire.]
MIRE, v.i.
To sink in mud, or to sink so deep as to be unable to move forward.
MIRE, v.t.
- To plunge and fix in mire; to set or stall in mud. We say, a horse, an ox or carriage is mired, when it has sunk deep into mud and its progress is stopped.
- To soil or daub with mud or foul matter. Shak.
MIRE-CROW, n.
The sea-crow or pewit gull, of the genus Larus.
MIR-ED, pp.
Fixed or stalled in mud.
MI-RIF'I-CENT, a.
Causing wonder.
MIR-I-NESS, n. [from miry.]
The state of consisting of deep mud.
MIRK, a. [Sax. mirce.]
Dark. [Obs. See Murky.]
MIRK'SOME, a.
Dark; obscure. [See Murky.]
MIRK'SOME-NESS, n.
Obscurity. [See Murky.]
MIR'ROR, n. [Fr. miroir; Sp. mirar, Corn. miras, to look, L. miror, to admire.]
- A looking glass; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. In the clear mirror of thy ruling star / I saw, alas! some dread event depend. Pope.
- A pattern; an exemplar; that on which men ought to fix their eyes; that which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen. O goddess, heavenly bright, / Mirror of grace and majesty divine. Spenser.
- In architecture, a small oval ornament cut into deep moldings, and separated by wreaths of flowers. Elmes.
MIR'ROR-STONE, n.
A bright stone. [Obs.]
MIRTH, n. [merth; Sax. mirht, myrhth; mirig, merry; Ar. مَرِحَ maricha, to be very brisk or joyful. Class Mr. No. 10.]
Social merriment; hilarity; high excitement of pleasurable feelings in company; noisy gayety; jollity. Mirth differs from joy and cheerfulness, as always implying noise. With genial joy to warm the soul, / Bright Helen mixed a mirth-inspiring bowl. Pope. I will cause to cease the voice of mirth from Judah and Jerusalem. Jer. vii.
MIRTH'FUL, a.
Merry; jovial; festive. The feast was served, the bowl was crown'd, / To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round. Prior.
MIRTH-FUL-LY, adv.
In a jovial manner.
MIRTH'FUL-NESS, n.
State or quality of being mirthful.
MIRTH'LESS, a.
Without mirth or hilarity.
MIRTH'LESS-NESS, n.
Absence of mirth.
MIR-Y, a. [from mire.]
- Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; as, a miry road; a miry lane. Gay.
- Consisting of mire. Shak.