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mar-all en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /mɑɹ.ɑl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From mar + all. See mar (“to spoil”).

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) A spoilsport, an addle-plot.
    • You mar all with this starting. 1623, William Shakespeare, “Act 5 Scene 1”, in Macbeth, etc.:

Forms

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mar-alls Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

party-pooper · dampener (something or someone who spoils an enjoyable event) · wet blanket · killjoy

Translations (4)

fr rabat-joie (someone who spoils an event) · de Spaßbremse (someone who spoils an event) · de Spielverderber (someone who spoils an event) · fr trouble-fête (someone who spoils an event)