wondrous
adjectiveadverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈwʌndɹəs//
Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
adjective
- 1
Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
We all stared open-mouthed at the wondrous sight.
I'll show thee the best springs; I'll pluck thee berries; / I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. / A plague upon the tyrant that I serve! / I'll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee, / Thou wondrous man.
VVhen I ſurvey the vvondrous Croſs / VVhere the young Prince of Glory dy'd, / My richeſt Gain I count but Loſs, / And pour Contempt on all my Pride.
Etymology
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.
adverb
- 1
In a wonderful degree; remarkably; wondrously.
And looking vp, when as his shield he lakt, / And sword saw not, he wexed wondrous woe
[…]And even there, his eye being big with tears, / Turning his face, he put his hand behind him, / And with affection wondrous sensible / He [Antonio] wrung Bassanio's hand; and so they parted.
As by the dead we love to sit, / Become so wondrous dear, / As for the lost we grapple, / Though all the rest are here,—
Forms
- comparative
- more wondrous
- superlative
- most wondrous
wondrous · Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
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