ADMIRATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.] Season your admiration for a while. Shak.

2.
n.

Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.

3.
n.

Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy. Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration. Shak. Note of admiration, the mark (!), called also exclamation point.


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