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won⋅drous

  [wuhn-druhs]
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–adjective
1. wonderful; remarkable.
–adverb
2. Archaic. wonderfully; remarkably.
Origin:
1490–1500; metathetic var. of ME wonders (gen. of wonder ) wonderful; c. G Wunders; sp. conformed to -ous

Related forms:
won⋅drous⋅ly, adverb
won⋅drous⋅ness, noun
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won·drous   (wŭn'drəs)   
adj.  Remarkable or extraordinary; wonderful.
adv.   Archaic
To a wonderful or remarkable extent.
won'drous·ly adv., won'drous·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

wondrous 
c.1500, from M.E. wonders (adj.), c.1300, originally gen. of wonder (n.), with suffix altered by influence of marvelous, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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