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marvellous(dictionary)

marvellous (iou)



marvellous adjective, noun, & adverb. Also *marvelous. ME.
[Old French merveillos (mod. merveilleux), from merveille: see MARVEL noun1, -OUS.]
A. adjective.
Such as to excite wonder or astonishment; wonderful, astonishing; excellent. ME.
A. Geras Yasha looks like a child opening a marvellous gift. E. O'Neill The play was such a marvelous success!
Of poetry etc.: concerned with the supernatural. E18.
Special collocations: marvellous apple = balsam apple s.v. BALSAM noun.
b. adverb. Marvellously; excellently. arch. ME.
C. noun. the marvellous, that which is marvellous; esp. the prodigious or extravagantly improbable. arch. M18.
marvellously adverb ME.
marvellousness noun M16.