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Definitions: Marvellous |
MarvellousAdjective1. Extraordinarily good; 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. Being or having the character of a miracle. 3. Too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "marvellous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Literature | Marvellous The marvellous boy. Thomas Chatterton, the poet, author of a volume of poetry entitled Rowley's Poems, professedly written by Rowley, a monk. (1752-1770.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: MarvellousSynonyms: fantastic (adj), howling(a) (adj), improbable (adj), marvelous (adj), miraculous (adj), rattling(a) (adj), tall(a) (adj), terrific (adj), tremendous (adj), wonderful (adj), wondrous (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Marvellous |
| English words defined with "marvellous": miracle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "marvellous": Ahmed ♦ BOWYER, Bristol Boy ♦ C Programmer's Disease ♦ Sword-makers ♦ Vera Causa ♦ Ysolde. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Scroggins Goes in for Chemistry and Discovers a Marvellous Powder (1911) That Marvellous Gramophone (1909) Bloomin' Marvellous (1997) Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors (1989) Marvellous Stunts of Kung Fu (1981) | |
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 | Marvellous [sic] sauce.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The New York Herald--Sunday July 7th, 1895--300 babies, reproduction of a marvellous Japanese photograph--Napoleon and his generals in colors as children's dolls / W.J.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The marvellous Bard, phenomenal trick swinging wire artist.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous [sic] high wire artists.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The birds are marvellous. |
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| "Marvellous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.74% of the time. "Marvellous" is used about 1,827 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.74% | 1,804 | 4,688 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.2% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.05% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,827 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "marvellous": marvellous-looking. | |
Ending with "marvellous": m-marvellous, not-too-marvellous. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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blooming marvellous | 25 |
marvellous | 7 |
his marvellous | 5 |
bloomin marvellous | 3 |
crazy marvellous sexy | 2 |
jp.com marvellous | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "marvellous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mahnitës (amazing, arresting, astonishing, astounding, enchanting, marvelous), i shkëlqyer (admirable, bright, brilliant, capital, choice, copybook, corking, crack, cracking, Dandy, divine, excellent, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fantastical, fine, first rate, flamboyant, gaudy, glazy, glorious, glossy, gorgeous, great, heavenly, immense, marvelous, perfect, pink, plum, powerful, prize, pukka, rare, ripping, royal, smashing, splendid, splendiferous, whizzbang, wicked), i mrekullueshëm (divine, dreamy, elegant, excellent, fabulous, goluptious, goodly, gorgeous, heavenly, killing, magnificent, marvelous, miraculous, nailing, nifty, peachy, prodigious, rare, ravishing, remarkable, slapping, spanking, striking, superior, transcendent, unusual, wonderful, wondrous), i jashtëzakonshëm (egregious, emergency, exceeding, exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, extraordinary, heroic, inconceivable, incredible, marvelous, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, sole, stupendous, terrible, thumping, transcendent, transcendental, uncommon, unthinkable, unusual, wonderful), i habitshëm (amazing, astonishing, fabulous, incredible, marvelous, oddish, portentous, strange, striking, unusual, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مدهش (agape, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, baffling, dandy, dumbfounding, marvelous, out of this world, phenomenal, prodigious, ripping, staggering, startling, striking, stunning, surprising, topping, trembling, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), تعجبي (marvelous), عجيب (amazement, bizarre, fanciful, freakish, funny, marvelous, odd, odd jobs, peculiar, phenomenal, portentous, prestigious, puzzling, rats, rum, staring, stupendous, tall, temperamental, weird, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), إعجازي (marvelous, miraculous), رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), بديع (admirable, adorable, amazing, excellent, fine, magnificent, marvelous, original, splendid, superb, unique, unprecedented, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удивителен (amazing, astonishing, astounding, dizzy, exclamatory, extraordinary, fantastic, fantastical, marvelous, prodigious, remarkable, striking, stupendous, surprising, wonderful), чудесен (admirable, beautiful, champion, clipping, cool, corking, delicious, elegant, excellent, fabulous, famous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, spanking, splendid, super, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), чуден (fantastic, fantastical, freak, freaky, funny, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, peculiar, strange), невероятен (anecdotal, fabulous, far fetched, improbable, incredible, marvelous, tall, unbelievable, unlikely, unthinkable), прекрасен (admirable, adorable, beauteous, delectable, excellent, lovely, marvelous, noble, splendid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 奇妙 (marvelous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ihmeellinen (miraculous, odd, strange, wonderful), ihana (delightful, fine, glorious, lovely, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | miraculeux, merveilleux, magnifique (magnificent), formidable, extraordinaire, étonnant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wunderbar (admirable, delightful, delightfully, lovely, magically, marvellously, marvelous, miraculous, miraculously, prodigious, prodigiously, wonderful, wonderfully, wondrous), fabelhaft (fabulous, magnificent, magnificently, marvelously, phenomenal, scrumptious, splendid, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θαυμάσιοσ (admirable, fabulous, marvelous, prodigious, stunning, topping, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מופלא (phenomenal), מפליא (amazing, prodigious, wonderful, wondrous), פלא (divine, entrancing, fabulous, gorgeous, lovely, splendid, stupendous, superb, wonderful, wondrous), סי (miraculous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bámulatos (amazing, gorgeous, marvelous, prodigious, surprising, wonderful), hihetetlen (beyond belief, impossible, inconceivable, incredible, marvelous, unbelievable, unlikely, wondrous), csodálatos (admirable, amazing, fine, marvelous, mirabile dictu, miraculous, noble, out of this world, portentous, prodigious, wonderful, wondrous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | meraviglioso (marvelous, wonderful, wondrous), stupendo (marvelous, stunning, stupendous, terrific, wonderful, wondrous), fantastico (chimeric, crazy, eerie, fabled, fabulous, fancied, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, imaginary, imaginative, incredible, marvelous, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기기묘묘한 (marvelous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yindyssagh (admirable, prodigious, rare, surprising, terrific, wonderer, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arvellousmay maravilhoso (amazing, delightful, lovely, marvelous, miraculous, porter, prodigy, unco, wonderful, wondrous), assombrar-se. (various references) minunat (beautiful, beautifully, best, brave, bright, capital, champion, charming, delightfully, exceptional, jolly, lovely, magic, magical, miraculous, paradisaic, paradisaical, passing, proud, royal, special, splendid, strange, superb, superbly, supernatural, tiptop, wonderful, wonder-working), uimitor (amazing, astonishing, prodigious, startling, striking, stupendous, surprising), fenomenal (astonishingly, extraordinary, monumental, phenomenal, phenomenally, prodigious, remarkably, wonderfully), extraordinar (amazing, arch, astonishing, egregious, enormous, exceedingly, extra, extraordinary, extremely, fierce, noble, out, phenomenal, phenomenally, prodigious, proud, rare, rattling, remarkable, special, striking, terrible, tremendous, uncommon, undreamed of, unimaginable, up to the nines, well, well I never, wonderful), de necrezut (fabulous, inconceivable, incredible, tall, unbelievable, unimaginable). (various references) удивительный (amazing, astonishing, astounding, electrical, miraculous, surprising, wonderful, wondrous), чудесный (miraculous, prodigious, wondrous), замечательный (admirable, corking, crack-a-jack, eminent, great, lummy, nailing, rare, rattling, remarkable, splendid, swell, unexceptionable, wonderful), изумительный (amazing, astonishing, stupendous), дивный. (various references) veličanstven (baronial, breathtaking, grand, grandiose, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, noble, palatial, stately, statuesque). (various references) maravilloso (amazing, blissful, Dandy, delighted, delightsome, divine, dreamy, dressy, engaging, gorgeous, heavenly, knockout, lead, magnificent, marvelous, rare, stunning, well done, whimsical, wonderful, wondrous), magnífico (beautiful, bright, brilliant, champion, crackerjack, grand, great, lovely, magnific, magnificent, marvelous, nailing, royal, splendid, superb, super-duper), estupendo (admirable, amazing, Dandy, divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, first rate, grand, great, heavenly, hotstuff, jenny ass, marvelous, neat, rare, rattling, ripping, socko, stunning, stupendous, super, super-duper, surprising, swell, terrific, wonderful, yippee), enorme (cyclopean, egregious, enormous, great, gross, heinous, huge, immense, jumbo, killing, king size, marvelous, massive, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, prodigious, swingeing, thundering, tremendous, vast, walloping, whacking). (various references) vidunderlig (marvelous, miraculous, monstrous, portentous), underbar (delightful, divine, glorious, gorgeous, great, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, miraculous, perfect, wonderful, wonderous, wondrous). (various references) olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, smashing, special, spectacular, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), nefis (ambrosial, awfully nice, beautiful, beyond praise, dainty, delectable, delicious, delightly, excellent, exquisite, fine, marvelous, peachy, scrumptious, stunning, yummy, yum-yum), hayret verici (amazing, astonishing, astounding, bewildering, marvelous, stunning, stupendous, surprising), harikulâde (marvelous, out of this world, superb, superbly, wonderful, wondrous), harika (beautiful, bully, cool, corking, divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, far out, gorgeous, groovy, immense, in the groove, jolly good, keen, marvel, marvelous, miracle, no mean, old, phenomenal, phenomenon, prodigious, prodigy, ripping, scrumptious, splendid, swell, whizz, wicked, wizard, wonder, wonderful, wondrous, yummy, yum-yum), fevkalade (exceptional, exceptionally, extraordinary, fantastically, marvelous, out of this world, par excellence, remarkable, supremely, that takes the cake, wondrous). (various references) дивовижний (amazing, electrical, extraordinary, heavenly, marvelous, outlandish, portentous, prodigious, remarkable, striking, stupendous, surprising, wonderful). (various references) tuyệt diệu (dandy, superexcellent), phi thường (hyperphysical, inconceivable, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, remarkable, slashing, superhuman, uncommon, unimaginable), kỳ lạ (bizarre, droll, uncanny, walloping, wonderful), kỳ diệu (fairily, wondrous). (various references) rhyfeddol (wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 12, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Para kuriou egeneto auth kai estin qaumasth en ofqalmoiV hmwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | A Domino factum est istud et est mirabile in oculis nostris |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þis is fram drihten ge-worðen. & hytis wunderlic on uren eagen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | This thing is doon of the Lord, and is wondirful in oure iyen. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | This was done of ye Lorde and is mervelous in oure eyes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes? |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 12, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | buhat kini sa Ginoo, ug sa atong mga mata makapahibulong gayud`?" |
| Croatian | Gospodnje je to djelo - kakvo èudo u oèima našim!" |
| Danish | Fra Herren er dette kommet, og det er underligt for vore Øjne." |
| Dutch | Van den Heere is dit geschied, en het is wonderlijk in onze ogen? |
| Finnish | Herralta tämä on tullut ja on ihmeellinen meidän silmissämme`?" |
| French | C`est par la volonté du Seigneur qu`elle l`est devenue, Et c`est un prodige nos yeux? |
| Gaelic | Leis an Tighearna rinneadh so, `s tha e iongantach ri fhaicinn? |
| German | Von dem HERRN ist das geschehen, und es ist wunderbarlich vor unseren Augen"? |
| Haitian Creole | Sa se travay Mèt la. Se bèl bagay pou nou wè sa. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Inilah perbuatan Tuhan; alangkah indahnya!'" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | demikianlah perbuatan Tuhan, maka hal itu ajaiblah pada mata kita?" |
| Italian | dal Signore è stato fatto questo ed è mirabile agli occhi nostri»? |
| Latvian | To Kungs ir darîjis; un mûsu acîs tas ir apbrînoðanas cienîgs. |
| Maori | Na te Ariki tenei, a he mea whakamiharo hoki ki a tatou kanohi? |
| Norwegian | av Herren er dette gjort, og det er underfullt i våre øine? |
| Portuguese | pelo Senhor foi feito isso, e é maravilhoso aos nossos olhos? |
| Rumanian | Domnul a fqcut acest lucru, wi este minunat kn ochii nowtri?`` |
| Russian | ЬФП ПФ зПУ П"Б, Й ЕУФШ "ЙЧОП Ч ПЮБИ ОБЫЙИ. |
| Shuar | Nusha Yus Túramuiti. Iisha iisar ti Enentáimtaji. Nuke aarmaiti" Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Bwana ndiye aliyefanya jambo hili, nalo ni la ajabu sana kwetu."` |
| Swedish | av Herren har den blivit detta, och underbar är den i våra ögon'?" |
| Uma | Tohe'e majadi' ntuku' konoa Pue' Ala, uma mowo kalompe' -na hi poncilo-ta.'" |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-l-m-o-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: marvelous. | |
-2 letters: allovers, alveolus, overalls, ramulose, removals. | |
-3 letters: allover, allures, laurels, louvers, louvres, malleus, marvels, maulers, morales, morulae, morulas, mullers, overall, removal, serumal, smaller, valours, valuers, vellums, velours, volumes. | |
-4 letters: allure, amoles, amours, amuser, arouse, avulse, larums, laurel, lavers, lemurs, loaves, loreal, louver, louvre, lovers, marvel, mauler, mauves, molars, morale, morals, morels, morsel, morula. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-l-m-o-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: marvelously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 76 65 6C 6C 6F 75 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01110110 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r v e l l o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 0076 0065 006C 006C 006F 0075 0073 |
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