• marvellous(Commonwealth English)

First attested from1300 asMiddle Englishmerveilous, fromOld Frenchmerveillus, frommerveille(“a wonder”), equivalent tomarvel +‎-ous.

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈmɑːvələs/,/ˈmɑːvləs/

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• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈmɑɹvələs/

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marvelous (comparativemoremarvelous,superlativemostmarvelous)

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

   I went to amarvelous party last week.

   • 1912, Daniel D. Bidwell,As Far as the East is from the West:

     The fifty little brown musicians rendered difficult selections withmarvelous accuracy and gingersome dash and artistic enjoyment of the work.

   • 2003, Gary Koop,Bayesian Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., page80:

     At first glance, importance sampling seems like amarvellous solution to any posterior simulation problem.

• The spellingmarvelous is preferred in the United States,marvellous in Great Britain.