noun
marplot
Marplot (noun) means someone who spoils other people's plans or enjoyment.
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Someone who spoils other people's plans or enjoyment.
"“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.”"
— Peter B. Kyne (1920)
"Unthinking Anglo-Saxons regard him as a Gallic marplot, rather than the great twentieth-century statesman he was – certainly the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon."
— Michael Burleigh, Keeping the Flame Alive (2012)
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Etymology
Formed from mar (“to spoil, to ruin”) and plot (“plan”). It was first used as a character's name in The Busie Body, by Susanna Centlivre, in 1709. Compare addle-plot.
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What is the meaning of marplot?
"marplot" (noun) means someone who spoils other people's plans or enjoyment.
What is another word for marplot?
Other words for "marplot" include spoilsport.
