LekhoriLekhoriA positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
admiration of a war hero
Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman? Goneril. This admiration, sir, is much o’ th’ savour Of other your new pranks.
Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
Now, good Lafeu, Bring in the admiration; that we with thee May spend our wonder too, or take off thine By wondering how thou took’st it.
From Middle English admiracion, borrowed from Middle French admiration, or directly from Latin admīrātiō, from prefix ad- (“to, towards”) + mīrō (“I look at”) + -ātiō. Compare the verb admire, and US ...
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