Marvel Definition

märvəl

marveled, marveling, marvelled, marvelling, marvels

noun

marvels

One that evokes surprise, admiration, or wonder.

American Heritage

A wonderful or astonishing thing; prodigy or miracle.

Webster's New World

Astonishment.

Webster's New World

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verb

marveled, marveling, marvelled, marvelling, marvels

To wonder at or about.

Webster's New World

To be filled with admiring surprise; be amazed; wonder.

Webster's New World

To feel amazement or bewilderment at or about.

We marveled that they walked away unhurt from the car accident.

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Other Word Forms of Marvel

Singular:

marvel

Plural:

Middle English marvail from Old French merveille from Vulgar Latin miribilia alteration of Latin mīrābilia wonderful things from neuter pl. of mīrābilis wonderful from mīrārī to wonder from mīrus wonderful smei- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested from 1300, from Middle English marvail, from Old French merveille (“a wonder"), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mirabilia (“wonderful things"), from neuter plural of mirabilis (“strange, wonderful"), from miror (“I wonder at"), from mirus (“wonderful").

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