marvelous

adjectivecommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈmɑːvələs//
United Kingdom//ˈmɑːvləs//
United States//ˈmɑɹvələs//

Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

adjective

1
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
I went to a marvelous party last week.
The fifty little brown musicians rendered difficult selections with marvelous accuracy and gingersome dash and artistic enjoyment of the work.
At first glance, importance sampling seems like a marvellous solution to any posterior simulation problem.

Etymology

First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”), equivalent to marvel + -ous.

Forms

comparative: more marvelous
superlative: most marvelous

marvel · That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.Marvel · A surname.marvellous · Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

marvelous · Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

Marvin · A male given name from Welsh.Marx · A surname from German Mary · A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.