marv
English
    
    Etymology
    
Clipping of marvellous.
Pronunciation
    
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)v
Adjective
    
marv
- (colloquial) Marvellous, fantastic.
- 1966, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York: Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 102:- “How's it going?” the cop inquired. “Just marv,” said Oedipa. “I'll let you know if it's hopeless.”
 
 
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    Etymology
    
From Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą.
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