Etymology

merveilleux

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Today it means: Contemporary names for an extravagantly dressed French fop or ‘fine lady’ of the period of the Directory (1795–1799), who affected a revival of the classical costume of Ancient Greece. Full definition →

French merveilleux
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  1. French · borrowed frommerveilleux
  2. English todaymerveilleux

From the French merveilleux. Doublet of marvellous.

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