† magnalityn.
Obsolete (archaic in later use).
A great or wonderful thing.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder
wonderc700
wonderinga1100
selcouthc1175
sellya1200
ferlyc1275
wondernessc1275
wonder thingc1290
adventurec1300
marvelc1300
marvellingc1400
wonderelc1440
signc1450
admiration1490
wonderment1542
wondering stockc1555
miracle-worker1561
singularity1576
stupor mundi1587
miracle1595
marvellation1599
portent1607
astonishment1611
prodigy1616
magnale1623
magnality1646
mirable1646
phenomenon1741
gaping-stock1817
reacher1825
stunner1829
buster1833
caution1834
merry-go-rounder1838
knock-down1843
astonisher1871
marvelry1874
mazer1876
phenom1881
whizzer1888
knock-out1892
whizz1908
doozy1916
doozer1930
heart-stopper1940
blockbuster1942
ooh-ah1957
mind-blower1968
stonker1987
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 70 Too greedy of magnalities, we are apt to make but favourable experiments concerning welcome truths. View more context for this quotation
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 100 Fill thy Spirit..with the mysteries of Faith, the magnalities of Religion.
1895 L. Johnson Sancta Silvarum in Poems 61 These are the world's magnalities and splendours.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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