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Also Inflected form of mar

marred

mar·red

UK/mɑːd/ US/mɑɹd/ rare obsolete

adjective

1.

having the surface damaged or disfigured

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2.

blemished by injury or rough wear

  • “the scarred piano bench”
  • “walls marred by graffiti”
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Origin

From Middle English marred, merred (“troubled, distressed, vexed, bewildered”), from Old English *mierred, ġemyrred (“disturbed, troubled”), past participle of Old English mierran, ġemyrran (“to hinder, obstruct, force, trouble, err”), equivalent to mar + -ed.

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