Wonder

Wonder
Wonder Won"der, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D. wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.] [1913 Webster] 1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement. [1913 Webster]

They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. --Acts iii. 10. [1913 Webster]

Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love, esteem, or approbation. [1913 Webster]

2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle. `` Babylon, the wonder of all tongues.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster]

To try things oft, and never to give over, doth wonders. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7. [1913 Webster]

{Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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