mirate

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈmaɪ.ɹeɪt/

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/ˈmaɪ.ɹeɪt/ · /maɪˈɹeɪt/

Definition of mirate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(Southern-US, uncommon)To marvel at.

“With Bud in her arms and Babe at her heels, she rushed from one part of the court to another, laughing boisterously at Paulo's monkey pranks, and "mirating" over Francesca's tawdry finery.”
“I should have sensed the waves of embarrassment she was radiating. But I didn't. I went right on “mirating” till I finally got around to saying they were “lovely.” Well, that was all my wife could take. “You've said enough,” she remarked, drily.”
“That paper-doll mother was still mirating at her own flesh and blood having lice. Rosacoke smiled and thought, "That is the one funny thing since Heywood Betts and his Honolulu shirt."”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Back-formation from miration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from Latin mīror (“to marvel at”).

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