miration

English edit

Related to mirate. Usually said to be a shortening of admiration. Ultimately from Latin mīrātiō, mīror (“marvel at”).

miration (plural mirations)

(Southern US, Midland US, uncommon) Display of surprise or wonderment, of marvelling at something; commotion. [since the late 1800s]
- 1919, Hettingers Dental News, page 5:
  Reaching the foot of the hill I landed in the midst of an Indian village. I almost jumped out of that buggy when all the dogs in that village commenced barking at once — the women and children came out, stared and "made mirations."
- 1982, Alice Walker, The Color Purple‎^[1], New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 244:
  Everybody make a lot of miration over Tashi. People look at her and Adam’s scars like that’s they business.