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annus mirabilis
[ ahn-noos mi-rah-bi-lis; English an-uhs-muh-rab-uh-lis ]
noun
Latin.
plural anni mirabiles
- year of wonders; wonderful year.
annus mirabilis
/ ËÊnÊs mɪËrÊbɪlɪs /
noun
- a year of wonders, catastrophes, or other notable events
annus mirabilis
- A Latin expression meaning âmiraculous year.â The term refers to a year in which an unusual number of remarkable things occurred: â The Waste Landand Ulysses both appeared in 1922, the annus mirabilis of modern literature.â
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Notes
The reverse is an annus horribilus , or âterrible year.â Queen Elizabeth II used the term in 1992, referring to a major fire at Windsor Castle and the widely publicized marital problems of her family members.
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Consider just some of the albums released during this annus mirabilis: âLike a Prayer.â
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Then the coronavirus hit and Raphaelâs annus mirabilis turned into the worldâs annus horribilis.
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There was a plague, so Isaac Newton went home, and for him it was an annus mirabilis, which in Latin is a âyear of miracles.â
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Two thousand and six was something of an annus mirabilis for Morgan.
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âWatchmenâ also arrived during what, in hindsight, was an annus mirabilis for comic books.
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