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wondrous definition

won·drous (wun′drəs)

adjective

wonderful: now usually literary or rhetorical

Etymology: altered (as if < wonder + -ous) < ME wundres, adv. gen. of wunder, wonder

adverb

Archaic extraordinarily; surprisingly

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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