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单词 marvelling
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marvellingmarvelingn.

Brit. /ˈmɑːvl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɑːvəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑrv(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms:

α. Middle English merueilyng, Middle English merueylyng, Middle English merveyllyng, 1500s meruaylyng; Scottish pre-1700 merueling.

β. 1500s maruailing, 1800s– marvelling, 1800s– marveling (U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marvel v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < marvel v.1 + -ing suffix1.
1. A wonderful thing, a wonder. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder
wonderc700
wonderinga1100
selcouthc1175
sellya1200
ferlyc1275
wondernessc1275
wonder thingc1290
adventurec1300
marvelc1300
marvellingc1400
wonderelc1440
signc1450
admiration1490
wonderment1542
wondering stockc1555
miracle-worker1561
singularity1576
stupor mundi1587
miracle1595
marvellation1599
portent1607
astonishment1611
prodigy1616
magnale1623
magnality1646
mirable1646
phenomenon1741
gaping-stock1817
reacher1825
stunner1829
buster1833
caution1834
merry-go-rounder1838
knock-down1843
astonisher1871
marvelry1874
mazer1876
phenom1881
whizzer1888
knock-out1892
whizz1908
doozy1916
doozer1930
heart-stopper1940
blockbuster1942
ooh-ah1957
mind-blower1968
stonker1987
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5563 (MED) Now went Porus..Wiþ Kyng Alisaunder ouere al Ynde To shewe hym þe merueilynges Of men, of bestes, of oþer þinges.
2. The action of marvel v.1; an instance of this.Apparently little used in 18–19th centuries: see etymology note at marvel v.1
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] > act of wondering
stonyingc1315
astoningc1374
marvellinga1450
stonishingc1520
astonishing1530
stoyning1594
astonying1607
admiration1611
stranging1658
a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 40 (MED) Þe spirit of god..hath turned vs alle in suche stonyynge and merueylyng þat, [etc.].
1552 H. Latimer Serm. 3rd Sunday Epiph. (1584) 305 Which word [of God], if it light vpon a good ground..it turneth with his strength the same, and bringeth a meruaylyng.
1592 J. Stow Annales anno 1280 300 On S. Martins euen a great thunder ouerthrew many houses and trees in England, to the maruailing of many.
1816 J. Wolcot Wks. I. 350 The Marvellings of the Draymen described.
1878 H. James Watch & Ward vii. 131 Nora's beauty had never received warmer tribute than the affectionate marvellings of this old woman.
1994 Prairie Fire Summer 218 A literary scene fetishizing ‘maturity’ has good reason to scant the un-ironic marvelling..of the pulps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

marvellingmarvelingadj.

Brit. /ˈmɑːvl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɑːvəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑrv(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: late Middle English merveylynge, 1800s– marvelling, 1900s– marveling (U.S.).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marvel v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < marvel v.1 + -ing suffix2.
That marvels; filled with astonishment.Apparently little used in 18–19th centuries: see etymological note at marvel v.1
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective]
awonder1154
wonderfulc1380
astoniedc1400
marvelling?a1425
amazed1548
admirative1582
thunderstrickena1586
wondering1592
stonished1595
thunderstruck1613
dump1616
rapt1621
admired1684
astonished1716
breathless1768
unbreathing1789
agazed1803
astounded1810
obfuscated1822
struck with thunder1823
surprised1882
zapped1962
mind-blown1967
gob-struck1985
?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. met. iii. 17 Thanne..Phebus..smyteth with his beemes in merveylynge eien.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 97 The race of yore Who..told our marvelling boy-hood legends store.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 338 They..impressed on the marvelling reader that [etc.].
1923 C. M. Doughty Mansoul (rev. ed.) iii. 87 Our marvelling eyes behold, in river-cliff; Mens' carcasses, even now, whole and incorrupt.
1976 M. Rader & B. Jessup Art & Human Values iii. 54 The phrase ‘psychical distance’ was employed..to denote ‘the marvelling unconcern of the mere spectator’ in the moment of aesthetic contemplation.

Derivatives

ˈmarvellingly adv. in a marvelling manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adverb]
wonderfullya1500
wonderingly1556
amazedly1561
astonishedly1612
agape1667
fascinatedly1848
marvellingly1871
1871 G. Meredith in Cornhill Mag. Oct. 409 Julia told me of the things he did not do as marvellingly as of the things he had not done.
1998 Guardian (Nexis) 26 June 2 Alex..groped marvellingly between the different kinds of happiness, the chemicals and the sex.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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