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mar⋅vel⋅ous

[mahr-vuh-luhs]
–adjective
1. superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
2. such as to cause wonder, admiration, or astonishment; surprising; extraordinary.
3. improbable or incredible: the marvelous events of Greek myth.
Also, especially British, mar⋅vel⋅lous.


Origin:
1300–50; ME merve(il)lous < MF merveilleus. See marvel, -ous
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mar·vel·ous also mar·vel·lous     (mär'və-ləs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Causing wonder or astonishment.
  2. Miraculous; supernatural.
  3. Of the highest or best kind or quality; first-rate: has a marvelous collection of rare books.
mar'vel·ous·ly adv., mar'vel·ous·ness n.
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marvelous

adjective
1. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" 
2. too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: improbable
3. being or having the character of a miracle 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Marvelous

Mar"vel*ous\, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux. See Marvel, n.] [Written also marvellous.]

1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. --Ps. cxiii. 23.

2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible.

The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods. --Pope.

The marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the probable.

Syn: Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable; incredible.

Usage: Marvelous, Wonderful. We speak of a thing as wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration; as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite incredible.

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