Definition of MAR

mar

Meanings

Plural: mars

Noun

  • the month following February and preceding April
  • a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
  • A blemish.
  • Alternative form of mere (“a body of standing water”).
  • Alternative form of mayor and mair.

Verb

  • make imperfect
    • "nothing marred her beauty"
  • destroy or injure severely
  • To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Scrabble Score: 5

mar is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mar is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mar is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

mar is a valid Words With Friends word