marv
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of marvellous.
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)v
Adjective
[edit]marv
- (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
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[edit]Breton
[edit]Noun
[edit]marv m (plural marvioù)
Adjective
[edit]marv
- dead
- An itron varv
- The dead lady
Mutation
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą.
Noun
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