/mahr'euh nahr"euh, mar'euh nar"euh/ , n.
1. Italian Cookery. a highly seasoned sauce of tomatoes, garlic, and spices.
adj.
2. garnished or served with marinara: shrimps marinara.
[ 1945-50; alla ) marinara lit., in sailor's style, fem. of marinaro seafaring (adj.), sailor (n.) (dial., for Tuscan marinaio ), equiv. to marin ( a ) sea, n. use of fem. of marino MARINE + -aro -arius -ARY ]