• Mirativity

    Origin

    From mirative + -ity.

    Full definition of mirativity

    Noun

    mirativity

    (uncountable)
    1. (grammar, of a mood) The quality of being mirative, that is, of expressing (surprise at) an unexpected revelation or new information.
      • 2014, The Grammar of Knowledge, page 212:A non-evidential extension of the dubitative marker is associated with mirativity, found in contexts when the speaker is stunned or perplexed by a discovery.
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