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Definition of Marplot
1. n. One who, by his officious interference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.
Definition of Marplot
1. Noun. A meddlesome person whose activity interferes with the plans of others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marplot
1. one that ruins a plan by meddling [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marplot
Literary usage of Marplot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... revived at the Hay- market in October, 1709, with Dogget as marplot and Mrs.
... as marplot, Palmer as Airy, Yates as Gripe, Miss Macklin as Miranda, ..."
2. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"In T/ie Busy-Body (1709) and its continuation, marplot in Lisbon (1710), we meet,
as already suggested, with an original character of genuine humour; ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"marplot. A silly, cowardly, inquisitive Paul Pry, in fhi Busybody, by Mrs. Centime.
H. Woodward's great port. Marque. ..."
4. Ten Years of My Life by Agnes zu Salm-Salm (1877)
"... between the Emperor and General Escobedo—What happened in the Hacienda de
Hercules— General Refugio Gonzales a marplot—The convent of the Capuchins— The ..."
5. Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian by John Adolphus (1839)
"... ,—marplot,—Lis- sardo,—Captain Brazen,—and Gregory, in the Mock Doctor.— My
Grandmother. ... marplot ..."
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