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‖ mirabile dictu Lat. phr.|mɪˈrɑːbɪliː ˈdɪktuː|
[L. mirabile, neut. of mirabilis wonderful + dictu, supine of dicĕre to say: cf. Virgil Georgics ii. 30 quin et caudicibus sectis (mirabile dictu) truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno.]
Wonderful to relate.
1831Athenæum 12 Mar. 173/2 An unassuming young female relative, whom she gives in marriage to the son of her (mirabile dictu!) honest attorney. 1837J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. 318 The late king was the Miller, and, mirabile dictu, the Archbishop of Paris did not disdain to play the part of the Curé. 1841Dickens Let. 21 July (1969) II. 334 A man is coming here at 8, to settle (mirabile dictu) the matter of Mrs. Macrone's book. 1861S. B. Birch Constipated Bowels ii. 15 The tradesman..is permitted to go so far as to usurp the functions of the physician, and is even encouraged (mirabile dictu!) to prescribe himself on the strength of the pharmacopœia. 1943L. Marchal Vichy xiii. 195 The Marshal was anxious to save Otto Abetz, who, mirabile dictu, was considered in certain Vichy circles as a ‘friend of France’. |