wonder

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Grandmamma, in brocaded black silk, sat where she always does, at the side of the fire, and my Uncle Charles--who for a wonder was at home-- and my Aunt Dorothea were receiving the people as they came in.

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  1. noun One that arouses awe, astonishment, surprise, or admiration; a marvel: "The decision of one age or country is a wonder to another” (John Stuart Mill).
  2. noun The emotion aroused by something awe-inspiring, astounding, or marvelous: gazed with wonder at the northern lights.
  3. noun An event inexplicable by the laws of nature; a miracle.
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  • Has he done wondering at men?—there's God to wonder at: and the faculty of wonder may be, at the same time, old and tired enough with respect to its first object, and yet young and fresh sufficiently, so far as concerns its novel one This wonder is akin to that 'insanity' of the poet which is but impassioned sanity. —  Life of Robert Browning
  • In truth, given the disturbed state of the world, the wonder is there haven't been many more such atrocities.
  • But what was very interesting was that although this wonder was already visited and studied for 200 years, the tomb was not discovered until the year 1952 by Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, a Mexican archeologists. —  Quazen
  • Judging by the amount of people asking around for spares outside Birmingham's O2 Academy on Tuesday night, you would be forgiven for thinking that Jason Mraz was not just a new name wonder that has suddenly sprung on to our stereos. —  Shropshire Star
  • In his presentation of the stainless stove, the President of the investors group, Mr. Larry Holmes, highlighted the benefits of the product which he described as a wonder stove. —  Vanguard News
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  1. Middle English, from Old English wundor.

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  1. from Middle English wonder, wondir, wounder, wunder, wundur, from Anglo-Saxon wundor = Old Saxon wundar = Dutch wonder = Middle Low German wunder = Old High German wuntar, Middle High German G. wunder = Icelandic undr (for *vundr) = Swedish Danish under, wonder; perhaps akin to Greek ἀθρεῑν (*Ναθρεῑν?), gaze at.
  2. from Middle English wondren, wondrim, wundren, from Anglo-Saxon wundrian = Dutch wonderen = Middle Low German wunderen = Old High German wuntarön, Middle High German G. wundern = Icelandic Swedish undra = Danish undre, wonder; from the noun.
  3. Middle English, an elliptical use of wonder, n., as in comp.; cf. wonders.
  4. Middle English, from wonder, adjective
 

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