Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Admiration

Admiration ({not transcribed}) , noun

[French, from Latin admiratio. See Admire.]

1.
Wonder; astonishment. [Obsolete]
Season your admiration for a while. — Shakespeare
2.
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.
Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration. — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
Note of admiration , the mark (!), called also exclamation point.