phenomn.
/fᵻˈnɒm/, U.S. /fəˈnɑm/ colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
= phenomenon n. 4; esp. an unusually gifted person (frequently a young sportsperson), a prodigy.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > wonderful person
miracle1595
masterpiece1648
wonderling1658
prodigya1684
phenomenon1839
caution1870
astonisher1871
mazer1876
phenom1881
knock-out1892
superman1925
Wunderkind1930
whiz-kid1960
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
the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > people having talent > person having talent > very gifted person
prodigya1684
boy wonder1857
idiot savant1870
phenom1881
Wunderkind1891
superboy1907
Supergirl1912
savant1919
1881 Detroit Free Press 17 July The Boston phenom.
1890 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. 3/1 The Philadelphia papers say he played in first-class style there, and, although a youngster, he plays like a veteran and is not a ‘phenom’.
1902 G. Ade Girl Proposition 73 Buttinsky did not know that he was being Lithographed as a Phenom.
1920 C. Sandburg Smoke & Steel 214 Young Napoleons who corner eggs or corner cheese, Phenoms looking for more worlds to corner.
1960 F. Eck in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 385/1 Sawyer's two other 24-year-old [baseball] phenoms.
1962 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 1 Apr. d3/8 The newest pheenom is Sammy Ellis, who had a 1.89 earned run average.
1998 Face Apr. 188/2 But is his iconic status solely tied to the Titanic phenom?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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