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marvel
English
Alternative forms
- marvail, marvell (obsolete)
Etymology
First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, 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”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m??vl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??vl?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)v?l
- Hyphenation: mar?vel
Noun
marvel (plural marvels)
- That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
- Wonder, astonishment.
Derived terms
- marvelous, marvellous
Translations
Verb
marvel (third-person singular simple present marvels, present participle (UK) marvelling or (US) marveling, simple past and past participle (UK) marvelled or (US) marveled)
- (intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
- (obsolete, transitive) To marvel at.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- (obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.
- 15th century, Anonymous, Richard the Redeless
- But much now me marvelleth.
- 15th century, Anonymous, Richard the Redeless
Translations
Anagrams
- vermal
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sensation
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?n-s?'sh?n, IPA(key): /s?n?se???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
sensation (countable and uncountable, plural sensations)
- A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
Hyponyms
- Thesaurus:sensation
Related terms
- sensational
- sensation fiction
- sensation novel
- sense
- sensible
- sensitive
- sensory
- sensual
Translations
Further reading
- sensation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sensation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sensation at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Estonians, insonates
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin sensationem, accusative of sensatio, from Latin sensus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??.sa.sj??/
Noun
sensation f (plural sensations)
- sensation
Derived terms
- faire sensation
- sensation forte
Further reading
- “sensation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
sensation From the web:
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- what sensations are detected by the skin
- what sensation is influenced by the respiratory system
- what sensation does this cause
- what sensation involves chemoreceptors
- what sensations are interpreted in which lobe
- what sensation is not detected by the skin
- what sensation means
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