marvellous
part of speech
adjective (marvellous — UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand; marvelous — US; more marvellous, most marvellous)
meaning for a pupil
1) Extremely good, wonderful: «a marvellous day». tree →
2) (old use) Causing great wonder or surprise; amazing. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it means a wonderful and hidden thing, beyond ordinary understanding. Interpretation: The text calls the three vowels a deep secret, and it is taken as a sign that the book speaks of hidden things not meant for everyone. In the primary lessons: A happy word in stories and everyday British talk, a little old-fashioned or posh. In The Wind in the Willows Toad calls everything «marvellous» when he is excited, and Alice finds marvellous things in Wonderland.
examples
- § 10 Three vowels B'aK constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- § 11 Three vowels n"ax constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; (Writings JOB.5.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. (Writings PSA.118.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number. (Writings JOB.9.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- We had a marvellous time at the seaside. tree →
- «What a marvellous idea!» said Gran. tree →
- The view from the hill was marvellous. tree →
- Toad thought the motor car was the most marvellous thing in the world. tree →
- The magician did marvellous tricks. tree →
- You did a marvellous job on your painting. tree →
- There sprang up a marvellous crop--tall and thick. tree →
note
Spelling: UK marvellous (double l), US marvelous (one l). From «marvel» (a wonderful thing; to wonder at). Similar: wonderful, splendid, fantastic.
In the corpora
- 'As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt will I show unto him marvellous things.'
- I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all Thy marvellous works.
- Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Declare His glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.
- Sing unto Him, sing praises unto Him; speak ye of all His marvellous works.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «marvellous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.