marvel

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To be filled with wonder or amazement at something.

   The tourists marvelled at the size of the ancient cathedral.

2. 2
   noun

   Something amazing that fills you with wonder.

   The new bridge is a marvel of modern engineering.

First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mīrābilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mīrābilis (“strange, wonderful”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”). Doublet of mirabilia.

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