admire English · revision 10748

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=early 15th century|origins=frm admirer|origins=la admirari}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ədˈmaɪə/, US /ədˈmaɪ.ɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|admirer]], a Latinized correction of earlier amirer,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) or directly from Latin admīrārī, to regard with wonder, be astonished,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from ad-, at, and mīrārī, to wonder (see [[miracle]]), from mīrus, wonderful.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To regard with wonder, marvel at: the early 15th century in Etymonline, implied in admired;^(Etymonline) the late 16th century in Hoad, about 1590 in the OED.^(Hoad 1986)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense has gradually weakened from wonder to regarding with pleasure and esteem, though for a time the two overlapped;^(Etymonline) Campion (1601) plays on both in “Doe not admire why I admire”.^(Etymonline) The intransitive sense, to wonder at, is from 1600 and is now archaic or dialectal,^(OED 1989) and in American dialect ''admire to'' means to like to (1645).^(OED 1989) ''Admirable'' and ''admiration'' are from the 15th century.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – admired, wondered at.^(Etymonline)

+ * 15th century – admiration, admirable.^(Hoad 1986)

+ * c. 1590 – to wonder at.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1645 – admire to, like to (US dialect).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To regard with [[respect]], pleasure and approval; to [[esteem]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To look at with pleasure: ''to admire the view''.^(AHD)

+ # ''(archaic)'' To wonder or marvel at.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[admirer]]

+ * [[admiringly]]

+ * [[admirable]]

+ * [[unadmired]]

+ * [[admiration]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[miracle]]

+ * [[marvel]]

+ * [[mirror]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}