Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marvellous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

marvellous
adj 1: 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" [syn: {fantastic}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous},
{rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {tremendous}, {wonderful},
{wondrous}]
2: being or having the character of a miracle [syn: {marvelous},
{miraculous}]
3: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: {improbable},
{marvelous}, {tall(a)}]


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