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Webster 1913 Edition

Wondrous

Won′drous

,
adv.
[OE.
wonders
, adv. (later also adj.). See
Wonder
,
Noun.
, and cf.
-wards
.]
In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.
For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race,
Are, as when women,
wondrous
fond of place.
Pope.
And now there came both mist and snow,
And it grew
wondrous
cold.
Coleridge.

Won′drous

,
Adj.
Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange.
That I may . . . tell of all thy
wondrous
works.
Ps. xxvi. 7.
–
Won′drous-ly
,
adv.
–
Won′drous-ness
,
Noun.
Chloe complains, and
wondrously
’s aggrieved.
Granville.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wondrous

WONDROUS

,
Adj.
Admirable; marvelous; such as may excite surprise and astonishment; strange.
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Psalm 26.

WONDROUS

,
adv.
In a wonderful or surprising degree; as a place wondrous deep; you are wondrous fair; wondrous fond of peace. These phrases of Cowley, Dryden and Pope, are admissible only in the ludicrous and burlesque style.

Definition 2024

wondrous

wondrous

English

Adjective

wondrous ‎(comparative more wondrous, superlative most wondrous)

  1. Amazing, inspiring awe, "to be marvelled at".
    We all stared open mouthed at the wondrous sight, speechless.

Synonyms

  • See Wikisaurus:awesome

Translations

Adverb

wondrous ‎(comparative more wondrous, superlative most wondrous)

  1. In a wonderful degree; remarkably.
    • XIX century, As by the dead we love to sit, by Emily Dickinson
      As by the dead we love to sit, / Become so wondrous dear — / As for the lost we grapple / Tho' all the rest are here [...]

Translations

Etymology

From Late Middle English wondrous, metathetic variation of wonders ‎(adj., “wondrous, wonderful”), genitive of wonder ‎(“wonder, miracle”), from Old English wundor ‎(“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą ‎(“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonders, German Wunder.

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