mar-all

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mar-all

/mɑɹ.ɑl/ US

Where it comes from

From mar + all. See mar (“to spoil”).

noun mar-alls

idiomatic, obsolete A spoilsport, an addle-plot. You mar all with this starting.
Similar: dampener, killjoy, wet blanket, party-pooper

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noun someone who spoils an event

Français	rabat-joie, trouble-fête
Deutsch	Spielverderber, Spaßbremse

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@misc{mar_all_2026,
  title = {mar-all},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mar-all},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}