admirative

Meanings

Adjective

• Characterized by admiration.

Noun

• (An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker .

Origin

• Via French admiratif or directly from its etymon, Medieval Latin admirativus.