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adj
Abbreviation of maroon (an eye color).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
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adj
Initialism of missing at random.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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name
Abbreviation of March.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
An earldom in the Scottish peerage.
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name
Alternative letter-case form of Mar (“March”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
A blemish.
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noun
Alternative form of mere (“a body of standing water”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Alternative form of mayor and mair.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
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noun
A title of respect in Syriac, given to all saints and also used before the Christian names of bishops.
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noun
Initialism of modified aspect ratio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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verb
To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: blemish, defect
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Broader terms: appearance, visual aspect
Narrower terms: birthmark, nevus, chatter mark, check, chip, crack, dent, ding, gouge, nick, mole, scratch, scrape, scar, mark, burn, burn mark, smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur, stigma, wart, verruca, whitehead, milium, blackhead, comedo
noun
the month following February and preceding April
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: March
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Broader terms: Gregorian calendar month
verb
destroy or injure severely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mutilate
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Broader terms: maim
Narrower terms: gouge, force out
verb
make imperfect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
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Broader terms: damage
Narrower terms: defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud, deface, disfigure, blemish
History
From Scottish Gaelic Màrr, probably based on a Brythonic personal name Marsos.
Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”), Sanskrit मृष् (mṛṣ, “forget, neglect”).
Variant of mere.
See mayor.
From Classical Syriac ܡܪܝ (mār(ī)), the first-person singular possessive form of ܡܪܐ (mārā, “lord, master”).
Across languages
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