merveilous
Middle English
Alternative forms
- merveyleux, mervailous, merveilouse, mervelus, mervellous, mervelous, mervulus, marvelus, merveiles, merveyllous, mervayles, merveylows, merveilus, marveilouse, merveylus, merveillouse, merveylous, mervelouse, mervailouse, merveylouse, merveillous, mervelious, mervaylous, mervalous, marvaylous, mervelows
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French merveillus, merveillos; equivalent to merveil + -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛrˈvɛi̯luːs/, /ˈmɛrvɛlus/, /ˈmɛrvələs/
Adjective
merveilous
- Astounding, breathtaking, unexpected; resulting in awe and marvel.
- Exceptional, fantastic, noteworthy; worthy of awe and marvel.
- Miraculous or occult; involving paranormal or divine forces.
- Out of the ordinary, unusual, or odd; not regular or expected.
- Beastly, ghastly; outside the usual natural order.
- Scary, frightening, horrific; inducing fear or dread.
- (rare, Late Middle English) Erratic, inconstant, wavering.
- (rare) Scared, frightened.
Descendants
- English: marvellous
- Scots: mervellous
References
- “merveillǒus (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-26.
Adverb
merveilous
- Marvellously, amazingly, fantastically.
References
- “merveillǒus (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-26.