marvel, marvell, marvaile, mervaile, merveil

[Fr. merveille, from mir us, from Lat. mirabilia, neut. pl. of mirabilis =wonderful; mir or to wonder at; Sp. mar a villa; Ital. maraviglia; Port. maravilha.] 1. Anything wonderful or astonishing: that which causes wonder or astonishment; a wonder, a prod igy. 12. Wonder, astonishment, surprise, admiration. "Use le ens marvel, it is said." Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel , ii. 32. Cumber land, and Anna polis, the capital. Maryland worm-gra , s . Bot .: Spigelia marylandica . Maryland yellow-throat, s . Ornith.: Turdus trichas (Linn.). Trichas xer sonatus (Swains on), a pa erine bird. Common throughout the United States, going southward at the approach of winter.