mar-all

noun

mar-all

noun

US /mɑɹ.ɑl/

Etymology From mar + all. See mar (“to spoil”).

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Idiomatic, Obsolete A spoilsport, an addle-plot.

You mar all with this starting.1623, William Shakespeare, “Act 5 Scene 1”, in Macbeth, etc.:

Synonyms: dampener, killjoy, wet blanket, party-pooper

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