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marvellousmarvelousadj.adv.n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French merveillus, merveilleux. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman merveillus, marvellous, merveillieus, mervelous and Middle French, French merveilleux (1376; c1100 in Old French as merveillus , also merveillos ), < merveille marvel n.1 + -us , -eux -ous suffix. Compare Spanish maravilloso (1207), Portuguese maravilhoso (13th cent. as maravilloso), Italian meraviglioso (13th cent.; also maraviglioso (14th cent.)). A. adj. 1. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 8706 (MED) Þe fift ledde Andalas, A kniȝt of meruailus los he was. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. ix. 59 (MED) Þe Meruiloste [v.rr. merueilouste, meruelyouste, meruelousest, merueilouerste] Meetynge Mette I me þenne Þat euere dremede driht. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 6435 (MED) Anoþere folk biside þere is Swiþe merueilous, jwys. a1425 Edward, Duke of York (Digby) xxxiv For certeyne it is þe merueiluste beeste þat is. c1440 (?a1400) 129 Sir Lucius..That es þe meruelyousteste mane þat on molde lengez. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 92 Balyn and Balan fought togydirs the merveylous batayle that evir was herde off. a1500 (?c1450) 56 Ther Pendragon dide merveloise knyghthode a-monge his enmyes. 1526 R. Whitford tr. 141 [mis-foliated 139] The emperour Hadrian sent for hym vnto rome Where he was put vnto meruaylous turmentes. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen sig. Eviiiv The marwolus conceptione, and birth of Iesus Christ. 1548 H. Latimer sig. C.iiv Moyses was a meruailous manne, a good man. a1550 ( G. Ripley (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 51v Lyke vnto the rainebow mervellous vnto sight. 1612 T. Taylor ii. 13 Finally, he shall be glorious, yea merueilous in his Saints. 1651 T. Hobbes ii. xxvi. 148 Miracles are Marvellous workes: but that which is marvellous to one, may not be so to another. 1744 E. Young 70 We nothing know, but what is Marvellous; Yet what is Marvellous, we can't believe. 1788 E. Gibbon V. liii. 478 The Hebrew text has been translated into French by that marvellous child Beratier. 1807 W. Wordsworth Resolution & Independence in I. 92 I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy. 1842 T. P. Thompson II. 101 A marvellous blunder,..which..caused all ancient music to flounder in a mass of unharmony. 1894 H. Drummond 352 Nature always makes her changes with a marvellous economy. 1913 D. H. Lawrence xiii. 365 Their loving grew more mechanical, without the marvellous glamour. 1957 L. Durrell i. 18 A door had suddenly opened upon an intimacy with Melissa—an intimacy not the less marvellous for being unexpected and totally undeserved. 1994 14 June ii. 12/3 Since Hellenic times, it has been widely believed that nature is esoteric and marvellous. 1563 W. Fulke iii. sig. F41v It is straunge and marueilous to beholde, the lykelyhode..that two sonnes should rule the worlde. a1646 J. Burroughes (1650) i. 16 It is mervailous to consider what to do. 1715 J. Barker I. iv. 144 A stately Pyramid, marvellous to behold. a1802 T. Dermody (1807) I. 143 He sought to draw his glaive with gore defil'd; But (marvellous to tell!) as forged by fire, It wreathed round his feet. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ xli. 434 Their gaits were marvelous to contemplate, and replete with variety. 1901 J. W. De Forest i. 3 The night was marvelous to hear; It had a strangely mingled mell. 1991 P. Harding (1992) (BNC) 151 The transformation in Foreman was marvellous to behold. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > telling strange stories > [adjective] 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer I. Pref. Fable may be divided into the Probable, the Allegorical, and the Marvelous... The Marvelous Fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the Machines of the Gods. 1869 H. F. Tozer II. 259 The marvellous element is introduced with such perfect simplicity..as to appear perfectly natural. the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] 1868 H. James in Apr. 721 Although it is by no means a marvellous picture, we cannot but prefer it to such examples as we know of Ingres's work. 1924 E. O'Neill i. 94 You're going to be marvelous!.. It's going to be the finest thing we've ever done! 1927 L. Mayer ii. 13 I had no idea you were going, my dear—how simply marvelous! 1933 M. Lincoln v. 58 ‘You must let me get you seats,’ I said. ‘Marvellous of you,’ said Ursula. 1961 G. Gould Let. 25 Jan. in (1992) 41 My String Quartet which was released a couple of months ago and..has received on the whole marvellous critical notices. 1999 25 May 31/2 Try rebounding on a mini trampoline. It has a marvellous effect on constipation. B. adv.the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb] the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > amazingly or wonderfully a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 10290 Þou art vnkynde ryȝt merueylous. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 34 Merueylouse grete & hye. 1530 J. Rastell Prol. sig. A.ijv Sayd yt he wold be meruelous glad. 1535 Psalms cxliv. [cxlv.] 3 Greate is the Lorde, & maruelous worthy to be praysed. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 24 I am maruailes [1623 maruellous] hairy about the face. View more context for this quotation 1624 R. Burton (ed. 2) ii. ii. iii. 224 The country..hath a maruelous faire prospect. 1664 H. More 408 Tò δέκατον τῆς πόλεως will have a sense marvellous coincident therewith. 1780 R. B. Sheridan iv. i. 43 Here's my great uncle Sir Richard Ravelin, a marvelous good general in his day. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton II. xii. 120 The offered hand of his new friend..was of a marvellous dingy and soapless aspect. 1914 W. Owen 18 Sept. (1967) 283 Am marvellous well but worried of course. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 372 Which hearing young Stephen was a marvellous glad man. 1953 V. Randolph & G. P. Wilson 161 Nancy Clemens..quoted a farmer who had been hurt in a motor accident: ‘No bones broke,’ said he, ‘but I sure was scratched up marvellous.’ C. n.the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder > marvels collectively 1741 S. Richardson (1964) 53 I hate so much the French Marvellous and all unnatural Machinery. 1749 H. Fielding III. viii. i. 139 A wonderful long Chapter, concerning the Marvellous . View more context for this quotation 1755 S. Johnson (at cited word) The marvellous is used, in works of criticism, to express any thing exceeding natural power, opposed to the probable. 1761 E. Gibbon (1814) V. 488 The history of Richard I of England..is alluring by the marvellous. 1825 C. Waterton i. 50 The first have erred by lending a too willing ear to the marvellous. 1873 M. Arnold i. 51 The prodigies and the marvellous of Bible-religion are common to it with all religions. 1915 W. B. Yeats xiv. 70 Somnambulistic country girls..become mediums for some genuine spirit-mischief, surrendering to their desire for the marvellous. 1987 D. Clandfield iv. 77 Both the marvellous and the fantastic abound. the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy 1819 (ed. 2) II. 57 I did not stay very late at the party; and our marvellous promised to give us a list of the company..the ensuing day. [Cf. p. 59 Our military Exquisite.] Compounds C1. Complementary. 1950 M. Lowry 1 Mar. (1967) 190 I feel another million thanks are in order to..the Book Club for the marvelous-looking book. 1999 (Nexis) 21 Jan. 80 A hundred marvellous-looking girls, all desperate to make an impression. C2. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > balsam apple 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens iii. lxxxviii. 443 The Oyle of Momordica, or Maruelous Apples..putteth away al scarres and blemishes, if it be applyed thereto. 1866 R. Hogg (ed. 3) 31 Apples... Marvellous. Fruit small and oblate. Skin entirely covered with brilliant crimson [etc.]. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament > specific ?1706 E. Hickeringill v. 54 We meet..with a Parliament, called the good Parliament, in the 50th Year of Edw. III. and the great Parliament, and the marvellous Parliament, both in the Reign of Rich. II. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.adv.n.c1330 |
