单词 | marvellousness |
释义 | marvellousnessmarvelousnessn. The quality or fact of being marvellous; (occasionally) that which is marvellous. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] wonderc1220 marvelc1300 marvelness1434 marvellousness1538 wonderfulness1574 miraculousness1581 wonderment1596 prodigiousness1649 mirability1650 stupendiousness1652 amazingness1677 stupendousnessa1706 wondrousness1851 stupendiosity1912 1538 Prymer in Eng. after Vse of Sarum sig. Qj Open myne eys, and I shall consydre the meruaylousnes of thy lawe. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. xi. §2. 204 The maruelousnesse of some workes..hath beene the cause of this slaunder. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 452 The sublimity and marvellousness of these stupendous operations. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. iii. §17. 56 Habit blinds us to the marvellousness of this phenomenon. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. viii. 88 It came to his heart with..the marvellousness of an accomplished fact fulfilling an audacious desire. 1994 Midweek 3 Feb. 28/1 There's a different kind of Gallic marvellousness on offer from Artificial Eye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1538 |
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