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mirabile dictu

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mi⋅ra⋅bi⋅le dic⋅tu

  [mee-rah-bi-le dik-too; Eng. mi-rab-uh-lee dik-too, -tyoo]
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Latin.
strange to say; marvelous to relate.
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mi·ra·bi·le dic·tu   (mĭ-rä'bĭ-lē dĭk'tōō)   
interj.  Wonderful to relate.

[Latin mīrābile dictū : mīrābile, neuter sing. of mīrābilis, wonderful + dictū, ablative sing. supine of dīcere, to say.]
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mirabile dictu 
1831, from L., lit. "wonderful to relate." Found in Virgil.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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