marv

See also: Marv and MARV

English

Etymology

Clipping of marvellous.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)v

Adjective

marv

1. (colloquial) Marvellous, fantastic.
   • 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 102:

     “How's it going?” the cop inquired. “Just marv,” said Oedipa. “I'll let you know if it's hopeless.”

Derived terms

• marvy

Anagrams

• VRAM

Breton

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Noun

marv m (plural marvioù)

1. death

Adjective

marv

1. dead

   An itron varv

   The dead lady

Mutation

Mutation of marv

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
simple form	marv	varv	never occurs	never occurs

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą.

Noun

marv c (singular definite marven, plural indefinite ?)

1. marrow