marvelous
adjUK /ˈmɑːvələs/ · US /ˈmɑɹvələs/
Etymology First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”), equivalent to marvel + -ous.
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US 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.1912, Daniel D. Bidwell, As Far as the East is from the West:
1 more example
- At first glance, importance sampling seems like a marvellous solution to any posterior simulation problem.2003, Gary Koop, Bayesian Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., page 80:
- Derived terms
- marvelously, marvelousness, mauvelous, unmarvelous