marv
English
Etymology
Clipping of marvellous.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)v
Adjective
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
Anagrams
Breton
Noun
marv m (plural marvioù)
Adjective
marv
- dead
- An itron varv
- The dead lady
Inflection
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
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singular | marv | varv | unchanged | unchanged |
plural | marvioù | varvioù | unchanged | unchanged |
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą.
Noun
marv c (singular definite marven, plural indefinite ?)