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.]
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.
They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him.
Acts iii. 10.
Wonder is the effect of novelty upon
ignorance.
Johnson.
&fist; 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.
2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise;
a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle. " Babylon, the wonder
of all tongues." Milton.
To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
wonders.
Bacon.
I am as a wonder unto many.
Ps. lxxi.
7.
Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary
of Noted Names in Fiction.
Won"der, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Wondered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to
be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of
these diminutive mortals.
Swift.
We cease to wonder at what we
understand.
Johnson.
2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with
uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
they came.
I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny.
Shak.
Won"der, a. Wonderful. [Obs.]
Gower.
After that he said a wonder thing.
Chaucer.
Won"der, adv. Wonderfully. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
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.]
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.
They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him.
Acts iii. 10.
Wonder is the effect of novelty upon
ignorance.
Johnson.
&fist; 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.
2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise;
a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle. " Babylon, the wonder
of all tongues." Milton.
To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
wonders.
Bacon.
I am as a wonder unto many.
Ps. lxxi.
7.
Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary
of Noted Names in Fiction.
Won"der, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Wondered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to
be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of
these diminutive mortals.
Swift.
We cease to wonder at what we
understand.
Johnson.
2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with
uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
they came.
I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny.
Shak.
Won"der, a. Wonderful. [Obs.]
Gower.
After that he said a wonder thing.
Chaucer.
Won"der, adv. Wonderfully. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
