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Webster 1913 Edition
Admiration
1.
Wonder; astonishment.
[Obs.]
Season your
admiration
for a while. Shakespeare
2.
Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence;
as,
. admiration
of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue3.
Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
Now, good Lafeu, bring in the
admiration
. Shakespeare
Note of admiration
, the mark (!), called also
exclamation point
.
Syn. – Wonder; approval; appreciation; adoration; reverence; worship.
Webster 1828 Edition
Admiration
ADMIRA'TION
,Noun.
Very near to admiration is the wish to admire.
It has been sometimes used in an ill sense, denoting wonder with disapprobation.
Your boldness I with admiration see.
When I saw her I wondered with great admiration. Luke 18.
Definition 2025
admiration
admiration
English
Noun
admiration (plural admirations)
- Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful person, of a landscape, of virtue.
- (obsolete) Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.
- Lear: Your name, faire Gentlewoman?
Gonerill: This admiration Sir, is much o'th' savour
Of other your new prankes. — William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.ii.
- Lear: Your name, faire Gentlewoman?
- (obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
- Shakespeare
- Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
adoration; appreciation
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin admiratio, admirationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.mi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
Noun
admiration f (plural admirations)
- admiration
- Plein d’admiration pour son adversaire, chacun lève sa propre visière : "Elsseneur ! ...", "Réginald ! ..." (Les Chants de Maldoror - Chant V) - Full of admiration for his enemy, ...