marplot
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- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
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- 7
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Definition of marplot
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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Synonym of spoilsport, one who ruins other's plans or enjoyment of something.
““The old marplot has discovered the baby,” Monica whispered. “I suppose it cried and woke him up, and now he thinks he's witness to a miracle.””
“Unthinking Anglo-Saxons regard him as a Gallic marplot, rather than the great twentieth-century statesman he was – certainly the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon.”
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noun
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Synonym of spoilsport, one who ruins other's plans or enjoyment of something.
““The old marplot has discovered the baby,” Monica whispered. “I suppose it cried and woke him up, and now he thinks he's witness to a miracle.””
“Unthinking Anglo-Saxons regard him as a Gallic marplot, rather than the great twentieth-century statesman he was – certainly the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon.”
adj
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(archaic)Ruining a plan, interfering, spoilsport.
“Let us argue the point with this pert, unruly, marplot conscience of mine…”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From mar (“to spoil, to ruin”) + plot (“plan”). In earliest use as a character name in The Busie Body, by Susanna Centlivre, in 1709. Compare addle-plot.
Words you can make from marplot
119 playable · top: TRAMP (9 pts)
Best play tramp 9 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
8 words4-letter words
42 words- LAMP 8 pts
- PALM 8 pts
- PRAM 8 pts
- PROM 8 pts
- RAMP 8 pts
- ROMP 8 pts
- TAMP 8 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- ATOP 6 pts
- LARP 6 pts
- LOAM 6 pts
- MALT 6 pts
- MARL 6 pts
- MART 6 pts
- MOAT 6 pts
- MOLA 6 pts
- MOLT 6 pts
- MORA 6 pts
- MORT 6 pts
- OPAL 6 pts
- PART 6 pts
- PLAT 6 pts
- PLOT 6 pts
- PORT 6 pts
- PRAO 6 pts
- PRAT 6 pts
- PROA 6 pts
- RAPT 6 pts
- ROAM 6 pts
- TARP 6 pts
- TRAM 6 pts
- TRAP 6 pts
- TROP 6 pts
- ALTO 4 pts
- LOTA 4 pts
- ORAL 4 pts
- RATO 4 pts
- ROTA 4 pts
- ROTL 4 pts
- TARO 4 pts
- TOLA 4 pts
- TORA 4 pts
3-letter words
50 words- AMP 7 pts
- MAP 7 pts
- MOP 7 pts
- PAM 7 pts
- POM 7 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APO 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
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