wonder

adv. Wonderfully. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. &unr_; 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 ]

☞ 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 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wondered p. pr. & vb. n. Wondering. ] [ AS. wundrian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. [ 1913 Webster ]

I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wonderful. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

After that he said a wonder thing. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who wonders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Won"der*ful*ly, adv. -- Won"der*ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a wondering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A land full of wonders, or marvels. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]