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marvelry

marvelry noun: marvellousness.

Noun

marvelry (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) marvellousness
    • There is much of marvelry / In the building of the bee, / How he fashions, fashions well, / For his store the honey-cell.1928, Munsey's Magazine, volume 94, page 235

Origin of marvelry

From marvel + -ry.

Questions about marvelry

What does marvelry mean?
Marvelry means marvellousness.
What part of speech is marvelry?
Marvelry is a noun.

Words near marvelry in the dictionary

  1. marvelment
  2. Marvelophile
  3. marvelous
  4. marvelously
  5. marvelousness
  6. marvelry
  7. marvels
  8. marvelsome
  9. Marvelsona
  10. Marvelsonas
  11. Marvelverse

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