Obs.; also admirall, admirale. [A by-form of ADMIRABLE, caused by confusing that word with ADMIRAL sb., of which one of the med.L. forms was admirabilis, as in Matthew Paris, ann. 1251, Regi Marok, quem Admirabilem mundi appellare consuevimus. As admirabilis was thus used for admiral, there was apparent authority for using admiral for admirable.] Admirable.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., VI. xxviii. (1632), 123. For his admirall height, he was admitted … into the ranke of a common souldier.
1650[?]. Don Bellianis of Greece, 77. Else could no knights in the world perform such admirale deeds.
