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ˈmɑrˌplɒtmarplot
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marplotnoun
A meddlesome person whose activity interferes with the plans of others.
Etymology: (See also mar, plot.) From a character in the play The Busy Body, by Susanna Centlivre. The character's well-intentioned meddling foils the romantic plans of other characters.
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marplot
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 he 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.
Webster Dictionary
Marplotnoun
one who, by his officious /nterference, mars or frustrates a design or plot
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Marplot
mär′plot, n. one who mars or defeats a plot or design by interference where he has no right.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of marplot in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of marplot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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