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marvel(2)(dictionary)
marvel(dictionary)
marvel 1, verb(dictionary)
marvel 2, noun(dictionary)
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marvel(1) (iou)



marvel noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French merveille from Proto-Romance use as sing. noun of Latin mirabilia neut. pl. of mirabilis wonderful, from mirari wonder at. Cf. MARL noun2.]
A wonderful or astonishing thing; a cause of surprise, admiration, or wonder. ME.
G. Harris The blind singer who spoke so vividly of the marvels of the north. R. Ingalls She's a marvel at discipline.
A wonderful story or legend. ME-L15.
Wonder, astonishment, surprise, admiration. arch. ME.
A miracle. ME-L16.
Phrases: marvel of Peru a tropical American plant, Mirabilis jalapa (family Nyctaginaceae), with funnel-shaped flowers of various colours which open at dusk; also called false jalap, four o'clock flower, pretty-by-night.