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wondrous.

Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈwʌndɹəs/

  1. Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.

    We all stared open-mouthed at the wondrous sight.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (“wondrous, wonderful”, adjective), from Old English wundres (“of wonder”), genitive singular of wundor (“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonder, German Wunder.

adv/ˈwʌndɹəs/

  1. In a wonderful degree; remarkably; wondrously.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (“wondrous, wonderful”, adjective), from Old English wundres (“of wonder”), genitive singular of wundor (“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonder, German Wunder.

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