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marvel

/ˈmɑɹvəl/

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What does marvel mean?

noun

  1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.

verb

  1. To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. Ellipsis of Marvel Comics.
  2. Ellipsis of Marvel Studios.
  3. Clipping of Marvelverse

noun

  1. (archaic) Wonder, astonishment.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To wonder at.
  2. (obsolete) To cause to wonder or be surprised.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɑɹvəl/

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No marvel then though some men, and some good men too perhaps, but young in goodness, as Joshua then was, envy them.
John MiltonAreopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #608
And, natheles, I told them of as great a marvel to them, that is amongst us, and that was of the Bernakes.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
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After writing last, we drove out, on Sunday afternoon, to a deep alpine valley, to see a new bridge—a great marvel apparently.
Lucie, Lady Duff GordonLetters from the CapeProject Gutenberg ebook #886
The silk bag, the nest, in which the Banded Epeira houses her eggs, is a much greater marvel than the bird's nest.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887
I marvel at my good fortune that she, so infinitely my superior in every single moral quality, consented to be my wife.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739