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marvelous (adj.)
c. 1300, "causing wonder," from Old French
merveillos
"marvelous, wonderful" (Modern French
merveilleux
), from
merveille
(see
marvel
(n.)). Weakened sense of "splendid, very nice" is from 1924. Related:
Marvelously
.