miration means display of surprise or wonderment, of marvelling at something; commotion. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
MIRATION — [Noun] A display of surprise or wonderment; the act of marveling at something. Probably a clipped form of the English word 'admiration', which is ultimately from the Latin mīrātiō, from mīror ("to wonder at, marvel"). Unlike admiration, which implies a settled, respectful approval, or astonishment, which names the stunned inner state, miration is the outward spectacle of awe made manifest. It is the collective gasp at a firework’s chrysanthemum bloom, the frozen, open-mouthed pause of a child before a juggler’s cascade, or the sudden, hushed pointing at a deer materialized at the wood’s edge—a fleeting, public testament that we can still be arrested by the world’s capacity to startle.
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- Display of surprise or wonderment, of marvelling at something; commotion.“Reaching the foot of the hill I landed in the midst of an Indian village. I almost jumped out of that buggy when all the dogs in that village commenced barking at once — the women and children came out, stared and "made mirations."”