wondrous

Meaning

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
won‧drous
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwʌndɹəs/
Etymology

In summary

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 wonders, German Wunder.

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