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marvellous (adj.)
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marvelous (adj.)
c. 1300, merveillous, "causing wonder, of wonderful appearance or quality," from Old French merveillos "marvelous, wonderful" (Modern French merveilleux), from merveille (see marvel (n.)). Weakened sense of "splendid, very nice" is by 1924. The adverbial sense of "wonderfully, surprisingly" (early 14c.) is archaic or obsolete. Related: Marvelously; marvelousness.
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Definitions of marvellous
marvellous (adj.)
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers;
marvellous (adj.)
too improbable to admit of belief;
marvellous (adj.)
being or having the character of a miracle;
