Definition of MAR

mar

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

Verb Forms: marred, marring, mars

  • To spoil, damage, or detract from the perfection of something.
  • make imperfect
    • "nothing marred her beauty"
  • destroy or injure severely
  • To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

Examples

  • One poorly placed word can MAR an otherwise perfect Words With Friends game.

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

Words With Friends Score: 6

mar: valid Words With Friends Word