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mar·vel (mär′vəl)

noun

  1. a wonderful or astonishing thing; prodigy or miracle
  2. Archaic astonishment

Etymology: ME mervaile < OFr merveille, a wonder < VL mirabilia, wonderful things, orig. neut. pl. of L mirabilis, wonderful < mirari, to wonder at < mirus, wonderful: see smile

intransitive verb

marveled -·veled or marvelled -·velled, marveling -·vel·ing or marvelling -·vel·ling to be filled with admiring surprise; be amazed; wonder

transitive verb

to wonder at or about: followed by a clause

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marvel Synonyms

marvel

n.

miracle, phenomenon, curiosity; see wonder 2.


marvel

v.

stare, stand in awe, stare with open mouth; see wonder 1.


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marvel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • perform: The Westcar Papyrus contains a cycle of five stories about marvels performed by the lector priests.

Preposition: at

  • splendor: Marvel at the splendors of Great Court where 'Chariots of Fire ' wasn't actually filmed.

Adjective modifier

  • technological: I could see myself morphing into my father who finds the wireless a technological marvel.

Modifying Another Word

  • no: And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Noun used with modifier

  • engineering: Stretching altest 6,000 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok, the very name of this engineering marvel evokes images of exotic, adventurous, travel.

Preposition: of

  • engineering: Brighton's Victorian sewers are truly a marvel of engineering, still functioning today.
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marvel quotes

When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So large a trunk before.

-Belloc, (Joseph) Hilaire Pierre

Match me such marvel, save in Eastern clime,ö A rose-red cityö'half as old asTime'!

-Burgon,JohnWilliam

The men that women marry, And why they marry them, will always be A marvel and a mystery to the world.

-Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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