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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
marvel/ˈmɑːvl/

▶verb (marvels, marvelling, marvelled; US marvels, marveling, marveled) (often marvel at) be filled with wonder or astonishment. ▶noun a wonderful or astonishing person or thing.

– derivatives
marveller noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. merveille, from late L. mirabilia, neut. pl. of L. mirabilis ‘wonderful’, from mirari ‘wonder at’.

'marvel' also found in these Oxford entries:

four o'clock plant - marvel of Peru - thaumatrope - thaumaturge

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