different between marvellous vs beaut

English

Alternative forms

• marvelous (US)

Etymology

First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”). See also marvel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??v?l?s/, /?m??vl?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??v?l?s/

Adjective

marvellous (comparative more marvellous, superlative most marvellous)

1. (British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

   I went to a marvellous party last week.

Translations

English

Etymology

Clipping of beauty.

Pronunciation

• enPR: byo?ot, IPA^(key): /bju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t
• Homophones: butte, Bute, Butte

Noun

beaut (plural beauts)

1. (informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.

2. (informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.

Synonyms

• (someone that is physically attractive): See Thesaurus:beautiful person

Adjective

beaut

1. (dialectal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid.
   • 1895, Elbridge Kingsley, Frederick Knab, Picturesque Worcester ...: Complete in Three Parts, page 40:

     An' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all them dandy swells A feelin' fer a wipe.

   • 1968, James Phillip McAuley, Quadrant:

     It was beaut to have him home again, and gee, you should have seen the bike he bought me from Paris. From the same factory as his own was made.

   • 1978, Kevin Gilbert, Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert:

     She was very motherly towards me then and it was beaut. Before I was eighteen, there just wasn't any kind words. All I wanted to do was get away from there.

   • 1996, Madeleine St. John, A Pure Clear Light, 4th Estate, Limited

     "Yes, it was beaut.:

Further reading

• 2015, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Routledge (?ISBN), page 135:

Anagrams

• tubae