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ˈwonder-ˌmonger [f. wonder n. + monger n. 2.] One who deals in wonders; a wonder-worker, or relater of wonders.
1612Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. iv. iv, How are the great wonder-mongers of ægypt abashed. 1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. 436 Those Wondermongers cannot take away the Kings evill. 1745E. Haywood Female Spect. No. 18 (1748) III. 281 Invention! cried our wonder-monger, do I not tell you, sir,..that I saw it with my own eyes! 1751G. Lavington Enthus. Meth. & Papists iii. (1754) Pref., The God Proteus..famous for being a juggling Wonder⁓monger..and turning himself into all Shapes. 1851Newman Pres. Pos. Cath. 231 Future story-tellers and wonder⁓mongers. 1863De Morgan Pref. in From Matter to Spirit p. xii, That some tricky wonder-monger had stuck the bill of a duck upon the neck of a quadruped. 1867Swinburne Blake (1868) 94 No wonder-monger of the low sort need here have hoped for a pupil. Hence ˈwonder-ˌmongering.
1886Gurney, etc. Phantasms of Living I. 128 Another instinct which tends directly to discourage wonder-mongering. 1911W. De Morgan Likely Story iv. 112 That..class of persons which, when its attention turns towards wonder⁓mongering,..loses its head promptly. |