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marvellous

adj
/ˈmɑːvələs/UK/ˈmɑɹvələs/US

Etymology

First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”) + -us. Doublet of merveilleux. See also marvel.

  1. derived from merveillus
  2. inherited from merveilous

Definitions

  1. Exciting wonder or surprise

    Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

    • I went to a marvellous party last week.
    • At first glance, importance sampling seems like a marvellous solution to any posterior simulation problem.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at marvellous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at marvellous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at marvellous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA