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annus mirabilis

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an·nus mi·rab·i·lis  (ns m-rb-ls)
n. pl. an·ni mi·ra·bi·les (n m-rb-lz, n)
A year notable for disasters or wonders; a fateful year: "Hungary's blood bath was the saddest event in that annus mirabilis" (C.L. Sulzberger).

[New Latin annus mrbilis : Latin annus, year + Latin mrbilis, wondrous.]

annus mirabilis Latin [ˈænʊs mɪˈræbɪlɪs]
n pl anni mirabiles [ˈænaɪ mɪˈræbɪliːz]
a year of wonders, catastrophes, or other notable events


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Holmes acknowledges with enthusiasm the magnificent achievement of Churchill in Britain's annus mirabilis, those amazing 12 months between the evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 and Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941.
Pea's Moscardino, published in modernism's annus mirabilis of 1922, is a far more daringly experimental work.
Furthermore, our entire technology of lasers, computers, communication devices and nuclear power traces its roots directly to Einstein's annus mirabilis.
 
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