wondrous
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/ˈwʌndɹəs/
Definition of wondrous
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
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adj
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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.”
adv
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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,—”
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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.
Words you can make from wondrous
125 playable · top: DROWNS (10 pts)
Best play drowns 10 points6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
26 words- DOWNS 9 pts
- DROWN 9 pts
- SWORD 9 pts
- WOODS 9 pts
- WORDS 9 pts
- WOUND 9 pts
- SWOON 8 pts
- SWORN 8 pts
- SWOUN 8 pts
- DONOR 6 pts
- DOORS 6 pts
- DURNS 6 pts
- DUROS 6 pts
- NODUS 6 pts
- NURDS 6 pts
- ODORS 6 pts
- ODOUR 6 pts
- ORDOS 6 pts
- RONDO 6 pts
- ROODS 6 pts
- ROUND 6 pts
- SNOOD 6 pts
- SOUND 6 pts
- SUDOR 6 pts
- UDONS 6 pts
- UNDOS 6 pts
4-letter words
43 words- DOWN 8 pts
- DOWS 8 pts
- WOOD 8 pts
- WORD 8 pts
- NOWS 7 pts
- OWNS 7 pts
- ROWS 7 pts
- SNOW 7 pts
- SOWN 7 pts
- WONS 7 pts
- WOOS 7 pts
- WORN 7 pts
- DONS 5 pts
- DOOR 5 pts
- DORS 5 pts
- DOUR 5 pts
- DUNS 5 pts
- DUOS 5 pts
- DURN 5 pts
- DURO 5 pts
- NODS 5 pts
- NURD 5 pts
- ODOR 5 pts
- ORDO 5 pts
- OUDS 5 pts
- RODS 5 pts
- ROOD 5 pts
- SORD 5 pts
- SURD 5 pts
- UDON 5 pts
- UDOS 5 pts
- UNDO 5 pts
- URDS 5 pts
- NOUS 4 pts
- ONOS 4 pts
- ONUS 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
- RUNS 4 pts
- SOON 4 pts
- SORN 4 pts
- SOUR 4 pts
- URNS 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- DOW 7 pts
- WUD 7 pts
- NOW 6 pts
- OWN 6 pts
- ROW 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- WON 6 pts
- WOO 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- DON 4 pts
- DOR 4 pts
- DOS 4 pts
- DUN 4 pts
- DUO 4 pts
- NOD 4 pts
- ODS 4 pts
- OUD 4 pts
- ROD 4 pts
- SOD 4 pts
- UDO 4 pts
- URD 4 pts
- NOO 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- ONO 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
2-letter words
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