mirobolant

== French == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin myrobalanum, from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos). First attested in 1838. Likely originates as Mirobolan, the name of a medicine in Crispin medecin, a 1680 comedy by Hauteroche, a humorous reinterpretation/respelling of myrobolan (“myrobalan, a medicinal plant”) as present participle of the (then) non-existent verb miroboler, as if from mirer (“to stare intensely”), from Latin mīrārī (“to wonder, marvel at”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.ʁɔ.bɔ.lɑ̃/ === Adjective === mirobolant (feminine mirobolante, masculine plural mirobolants, feminine plural mirobolantes) great, extraordinary, incredible extremely unrealizable, infeasible (too magnificent or beautiful to be practicable) ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: mirabolante → Portuguese: mirabolante → Romanian: mirobolant === Noun === mirobolant m (plural mirobolants) (rare, ironic) wonder, marvel (something extraordinary, causing amazement) === Further reading === “mirobolant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowing from French mirobolant. === Adjective === mirobolant m or n (feminine singular mirobolantă, masculine plural mirobolanți, feminine/neuter plural mirobolante) extraordinary, incredible, magnificent ==== Declension ====