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Meaning of "marplot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MARPLOT

marplot  [ˈmɑːˌplɒt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARPLOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Marplot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MARPLOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Busybody

A busybody, do-gooder, meddler or marplot is someone who meddles in the affairs of others. An early study of the type was made by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in his typology, Characters, "In the proffered services of the busybody there is much of the affectation of kind-heartedness, and little efficient aid." Susanna Centlivre wrote a successful play, The Busie Body, which was first performed in 1709 and has been revived repeatedly since. It is a farce in which Marplot interferes in the romantic affairs of his friends and, despite being well-meaning, frustrates them. The characterisation of Marplot as a busybody whose "chief pleasure is knowing everybody's business" was so popular that they appeared as the title character in a sequel, Marplot. The name is a pun — mar / plot — and passed into the language as an eponym or personification of this type. In English law, the doctrine of locus standi requires that a plaintiff have some connection with the matter being contested.

Definition of marplot in the English dictionary

The definition of marplot in the dictionary is a person who interferes with, or spoils, a plot or plan.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MARPLOT


complot
ˈkɒmplɒt
coplot
kəʊˈplɒt
counterplot
ˈkaʊntəˌplɒt
grassplot
ˈɡrɑːsˌplɒt
groundplot
ˈɡraʊndˌplɒt
outplot
ˌaʊtˈplɒt
overplot
ˌəʊvəˈplɒt
plot
plɒt
replot
riːˈplɒt
subplot
ˈsʌbˌplɒt
underplot
ˈʌndəˌplɒt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARPLOT

marocain
maron
Maronite
maroon
marooned
marooner
maroquin
maror
Maros
Marprelate
Marq.
Marquand
marque
marquee
Marquesan
Marquesas Islands
marquess
marquessate
marqueterie
marquetries

WORDS THAT END LIKE MARPLOT

a bad lot
airline pilot
allot
autopilot
ballot
blot
building plot
Camelot
carpet plot
clot
Lancelot
lose the plot
maillot
Merlot
parking lot
pilot
slot
the lot
time slot
vacant lot

Synonyms and antonyms of marplot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «marplot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARPLOT

Find out the translation of marplot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of marplot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «marplot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

marplot
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

MARPLOT
570 millions of speakers

English

marplot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

marplot
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفضولي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

marplot
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

marplot
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

marplot
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marplot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Marplot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

marplot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

marplot
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

marplot
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Marplot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

marplot
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

marplot
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मार्प्लॉट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

girişimi bozan kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guastafeste
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

marplot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

marplot
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

MARPLOT
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

marplot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

marplot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

marplot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

marplot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of marplot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MARPLOT»

The term «marplot» is used very little and occupies the 168.205 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MARPLOT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «marplot» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «marplot» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about marplot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARPLOT»

Discover the use of marplot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to marplot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre ...: Love's ...
Ah, Colonel, you'll bring a Habeas Corpus, and remove it as soon as the Campaign begins. I don't like these Prisoners at large. Ran. And great Souls hate Restraint. Marplot in the Baleany. Marþl. I have him faith-ab, how close they are! egad, ...
Susanna Centlivre, 1872
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The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre ...: Love's ...
Sp pens the Door, Marplot flaps' down the Chimney, the Women Jhrick, Charles drains his Sword, Marplot roars out, the Women run off.] Mar. Ah, Zounds I have broke my Leg. Marg . Ah ! Thieves, Thieves. [Exit. Donna Per. Ah ! Murder, Murder ...
Susanna Centlivre, 1760
3
Look Who's Laughing: Gender and Comedy
Marplot's character undergoes a similar symbolic transformation in The Busie Body. Like Angellica, his significance as a character can be seen as a result of his role in the sexual economy of the play. On one hand. Marplot is desexed in the ...
Gail Finney, 1994
4
The turf register, and sportsman & breeder's stud-book, by ...
And at Lewes, August 3, at 8st. 1 1 lb. He won 501. for all ages, four-mile heats, beating Mr Tetheringfon's Marplot, <5 years old, 8st. 101b. ; Mr Belson's Chance, aged, 8st. 81b. ; and Mr Clarke's Rosina, 4 years old, 7st. lib. — 5 to 4 on Marplot,  ...
William Pick, R. Johnson, 1822
5
Mistress Wilding
CHAPTER. XI. THE. MARPLOT. Mr. Wilding's appearance produced as many different emotions as there were individuals present. He made the company a sweeping bow on his admission by Albemarle's orders, a bow which was returned by ...
Rafael Sabatini, 2008
6
Sampford ghost, an appendix to a plain and authentic narrative
Marplot's long promii'd film*', All hot .' All hot .' HEAR blust'ring Mnrplot, like Glendower bawl, At Sam [) ford's vaity Pond for Goblins call, Be u6t dectiv'd my Friends, tis all an Hum Roar as be may, and rant, No Ghmt will come; To morrow never ...
Charles Caleb Colton, 1810
7
The New English Drama
... the women to Miranda and Isabinda in love and beauty, and all of nt superior to Marplot in wit, Among the scenes that might be mentioned in this Comedy as striking instances of happy stage effect, are Miranda's contrivance to escape from  ...
William Oxberry, William Hazlitt, 1819
8
Observations on fox-hunting and the management of hounds in ...
Jailor 1 Betsy. Jessamv. Joyous, s . . V Junket,* .. J Prompter Rector.... \ Remnant. . J Marplot Martial Actress. Mr. Saville's Rallywood . . . Traffick. Baronet .... Chastity . . \ Comedy . . J Marplot . . \ Milkmaid / Betsy. Empress. Marplot Tattler. Skilful.
John Cook (col.), 1826
9
Chronic City: A Novel
Jacques Rivette's impossible-to-see twelve-h our movie ( lur I, corruption of the arts by commerce generally, Slavoj Zizek on Hitchcock, Franz Marplot. on G. K. Chesterton, Norman .\lailer on .\luhannnad Ali, .\'orman Mailer on graffiti and the ...
Jonathan Lethem, 2009
10
The Path of the King
Best known for penning the spy thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps, author and politician John Buchan produced dozens of fiction and non-fiction works over the course of his career.
John Buchan, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARPLOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term marplot is used in the context of the following news items.
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Exchanges that are avoidable
The Busie Bodie (1709) by playwright Susanna Centlivre (1667-1723) introduces us to Marplot. His constant meddling and interference ... «Chandigarh Tribune, May 15»
2
SONS OF ANARCHY
I am specifically asking New York law enforcement to join in condemnation of the vicious marplot whose actions have directly led to NYPD ... «WND.com, Jan 15»
3
Mary Anning, Dorset's semi-forgotten heroine of science
marplot. Another secular martyr. Why is it that male scientists are scientists while female scientists are heroines? And, along with actors and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 13»
4
The 30-year-old Thatcher papers show a government of clear …
... like Ifitfits, marplot, LingoStu, ivowtotheemycountry, randal, boudicca, gentlemenabedinengland, cockneywideboy, the-prez and pewkatchow, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 13»
5
Time to leave the European Court for Criminal Privileges
Perhaps marplot had it about right in saying that we cannot say what is best for Egypt but we can say what is best for us, and by a wide margin ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 13»
6
10 Things You Should Know Before Buying Hazmat/Chemical …
Such alternatives do exist including the CAMEO suite with ALOHA and MARPLOT, so spend some time looking at them. ③. What foundational ... «EHS Today, Nov 11»
7
Antonio Banderas in Puss in Boots: One Cool Cat
Humpty is Puss' childhood frenemy: pal, rival and seemingly inept marplot to our hero's suave efficiency in a crisis. In the orphanage he shared ... «TIME, Oct 11»
8
How Do You Know: Well, I Like It
Brooks hasn't lost his gift for dreaming up heroes and heroines who worry amusingly and for creating a rom-com marplot — the other guy ... «TIME, Dec 10»
9
High School Musical 3: The Critic's Review
The movie has its rich-bitch marplot in Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), the Sarah Jessica Parker of East High, who's sometimes abetted by her ... «TIME, Oct 08»
10
The Claus That Won't Fly
(The Tooth Fairy has been told she can put money under kids' pillow only after the first tooth.) Conversion is the fate of every marplot in a movie ... «TIME, Nov 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Marplot [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/marplot>. May 2024 ».
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