wonderfuladj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˈwʌndəf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈwəndərf(ə)l/

Etymology: late Old English wunderfull, < wonder n. + -ful suffix; compare Middle Low German wonderfull, Middle Swedish under(s)fulder.

A. adj. (and n.)

a. Full of wonder; such as to excite wonder or astonishment; marvellous; sometimes used trivially = surprisingly large, fine, excellent, etc.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective]

wonderlyc893

wonderfula1100

wondera1175

wondersa1300

marvellousc1330

marvela1400

marvelly?a1400

mirablec1429

admirablec1450

marvellablec1450

mirific1490

wondrous1509

extonious1548

portentious1549

miraculous1569

geason1572

mirificalc1572

astounding1590

amazing1593

wonderedc1595

admiring1598

prodigious1600

astonishable1603

fabulous1609

wondered-at?1611

necromantic1627

stupendous1640

nigromantic1645

mirandous1652

surprising1665

mirabundous1694

astonishinga1704

wondersome1774

sublime1813

nasty1834

kill-me-quite1842

breathtaking1843

breath-catching1865

miracle-working1867

mouth opening1867

stupefying1870

gee whiz1889

scorching1890

doozy1903

sensational1909

eye-popping1918

wunnerful1924

crashing1931

staggering1934

eyewatering1950

mind-boggling1955

Ozymandian1961

knock-out1966

mind-blowing1966

motherfucking1973

boggling1975

gobsmacking1981

tubular1982

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > and amazing

ferlya1400

wonderfulc1540

stupendiousa1549

portentous1553

stupenduous1610

stupendous1618

stupend1621

tremendous1813

awesome1838

devastating1889

dizzy1896

doozy1903

staggering1934

eyewatering1950

zonking great1958

stonking1980

a1100 Aldhelm Glosses i. 2757 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 74/2 Stupendo, .i. mirando, mid wunderfulre, spectaculo, wæfersyne.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 177 Wunderliche ben þe sæ ut sondes, and wunderful is ure louerd on þeunesse.

c1275 Laȝamon Brut 280 Hii funde..Þat ȝe mid one sone was wonderfol to telle.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8575 God sende uor is luþernesse moni deoluol cas In þis lond & wonderuol.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6404 Of þe day of dome..And of þe wondirful takens many, Þat salle falle byfor þat day.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 9314 Men shul him calle nomes sere Wondirful & counsellere.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 20 Þer God worcheth mony wondyrfull myracles for hym.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 53 Wise men has..wonderfull gydingis..to beiaip ther iolyus husbandis.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1355 There were wemen to wale, A wondurfull nowmbur.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aj The wonderfull and sumptuous woorke of the sepulcher whiche Artemisia made.

1596 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 91 Whereof ensued unto me..a wonderfull payne in my stomacke.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxx. 18 There be three things which are too wonderfull for me; yea foure, which I know not.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 134 They made a wonderfull massacre of poore afflicted Christians.

1779 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 424 Give him the juice of clivers or goose grass, which is wonderfull, pounded with a little cold water.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 195 Mr. Tomkins..had a wonderful eye for the picturesque.

1849 F. W. Faber Jesus & Mary 5 My God! how wonderful Thou art.

1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley II. xxxvi. 303 Every Sunday morning, he trimmed his whiskers, and put on a wonderful waistcoat.

1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures of Eng. iii. §78 Robert Guiscard, the most wonderful soldier of that or any other time.

b. the wonderful: that which is wonderful. †Also n. plural wonderful things.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder > marvels collectively

wonderc1220

admirables1547

magnalia1650

the wonderful1727

marvellous1741

mirabilia1821

marvel1866

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 77 This Temper of the People..drove [the magicians]..to a Confederacy with the Devil for a Supply of Wonderfuls to delude the People.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. i. 152 Every Writer may be permitted to deal as much in the Wonderful as he pleases.

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 20 One unvarying predilection for the wonderful runs through the whole series of his poems.

†2. Filled with wonder or admiration. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective]

awonder1154

wonderfulc1380

astoniedc1400

marvelling?a1425

amazed1548

admirative1582

thunderstrickena1586

wondering1592

stonished1595

thunderstruck1613

dump1616

rapt1621

admired1684

astonished1716

breathless1768

unbreathing1789

agazed1803

astounded1810

obfuscated1822

struck with thunder1823

surprised1882

zapped1962

mind-blown1967

gob-struck1985

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [adjective]

wonderfulc1380

admirative1582

admiring1592

wondering1592

admirant1853

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 308 Makinge persones wondirful bi cause of here wynnyng.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wonderfull,..admirabundus.

1583 S. Harsnett Serm. Ezek. (1658) 132 The H[oly] Fathers are wonderfull in the contemplation of mans excellency at the first.

B. adv.

= wonderfully adv. 1. Now dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb]

wonderlyc897

sellya1000

wonderc1175

wonderfullya1300

marvellouslya1382

marvellousa1400

marvelly?a1400

wonderful14..

wonderslyc1489

to marvelc1500

wondersc1528

wondrously1535

prodigiously1541

wondrous1557

admirably1570

admiredly1598

to a miracle?1614

marls1615

amazingly1650

miridically1652

mirificously1657

surprisingly1661

to wonder1661

astonishingly1668

prodigious1694

strikingly1752

amazing1760

à merveille1762

astoundingly1826

mirifically1873

breathtakingly1887

eye-poppingly1959

mind-bogglingly1973

staggeringly1976

mind-blowingly1977

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > amazingly or wonderfully

wonderlyc1000

wonderc1175

wonderfullya1300

marvellouslya1382

marvellousa1400

marvelly?a1400

wonderful14..

miraculouslya1425

wonderslyc1489

wondersc1528

wondrously1535

prodigiously1541

wondrous1557

stupendly1621

stupendiously1629

amazingly1650

stupendously1659

astonishingly1668

tremendously1684

prodigious1694

portentously1755

miraculous1766

awesomely1821

stunningly1823

fabulously1845

devastatingly1905

fantastically1923

dizzyingly1952

staggeringly1976

14.. Sir Beues (MS M.) 3866 A wonderffull gret route.

c1400 Rowland & O. 50 Now come þam..wondirfull hasty tythande.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xi. sig. Evi Cosmographie is to all noble men, nat only pleasant, but..wonderfull necessary.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 63 Wonderfull like is the Case of Boldnesse, in Ciuill Businesse.

1722 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1906) VII. 381 Being full of wooden Cutts, w^ch makes the Book wonderfull curious.

1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xi, in Poems 13 They're maistly wonderfu' contented.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay ix. 146 She was wonderful fond of Elsie.

Compounds

wonderful Parliament n. historical the English Parliament of 1388, which condemned the favourites of Richard II.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament > specific

great Parliamentc1450

Good Parliament1580

addle parliament1614

giunto1641

junto1641

Unlearned Parliament1643

Long Parliament1646

rump?1653

Short Parliament1653

lay Parliament1655

Barebone's Parliament1657

Rump Parliament1659

Little Parliamenta1675

Long Parliament1678

Pensioner Parliament1678

Pensioned Parliament1681

Bluestocking Parliamenta1683

Pension Parliament1682

Pensionary Parliament1690

marvellous Parliament?1706

rumple1725

lack-learning Parliament1765

unreported Parliament1839

Cavalier Parliament1849

Addled Parliament1857

merciless Parliament1875

wonderful Parliament1878

nominated Parliament1898

1878 Freeman in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 319/2 A parliament known as the Wonderful and the Merciless.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wonderful
释义	wonderfuladj.n.adv. Brit. /ˈwʌndəf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈwəndərf(ə)l/ Etymology: late Old English wunderfull, < wonder n. + -ful suffix; compare Middle Low German wonderfull, Middle Swedish under(s)fulder. A. adj. (and n.) 1. a. Full of wonder; such as to excite wonder or astonishment; marvellous; sometimes used trivially = surprisingly large, fine, excellent, etc. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] wonderlyc893 wonderfula1100 wondera1175 wondersa1300 marvellousc1330 marvela1400 marvelly?a1400 mirablec1429 admirablec1450 marvellablec1450 mirific1490 wondrous1509 extonious1548 portentious1549 miraculous1569 geason1572 mirificalc1572 astounding1590 amazing1593 wonderedc1595 admiring1598 prodigious1600 astonishable1603 fabulous1609 wondered-at?1611 necromantic1627 stupendous1640 nigromantic1645 mirandous1652 surprising1665 mirabundous1694 astonishinga1704 wondersome1774 sublime1813 nasty1834 kill-me-quite1842 breathtaking1843 breath-catching1865 miracle-working1867 mouth opening1867 stupefying1870 gee whiz1889 scorching1890 doozy1903 sensational1909 eye-popping1918 wunnerful1924 crashing1931 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 mind-boggling1955 Ozymandian1961 knock-out1966 mind-blowing1966 motherfucking1973 boggling1975 gobsmacking1981 tubular1982 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > and amazing ferlya1400 wonderfulc1540 stupendiousa1549 portentous1553 stupenduous1610 stupendous1618 stupend1621 tremendous1813 awesome1838 devastating1889 dizzy1896 doozy1903 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 zonking great1958 stonking1980 a1100 Aldhelm Glosses i. 2757 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 74/2 Stupendo, .i. mirando, mid wunderfulre, spectaculo, wæfersyne. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 177 Wunderliche ben þe sæ ut sondes, and wunderful is ure louerd on þeunesse. c1275 Laȝamon Brut 280 Hii funde..Þat ȝe mid one sone was wonderfol to telle. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8575 God sende uor is luþernesse moni deoluol cas In þis lond & wonderuol. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6404 Of þe day of dome..And of þe wondirful takens many, Þat salle falle byfor þat day. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 9314 Men shul him calle nomes sere Wondirful & counsellere. c1450 Mirk's Festial 20 Þer God worcheth mony wondyrfull myracles for hym. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 53 Wise men has..wonderfull gydingis..to beiaip ther iolyus husbandis. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1355 There were wemen to wale, A wondurfull nowmbur. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aj The wonderfull and sumptuous woorke of the sepulcher whiche Artemisia made. 1596 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 91 Whereof ensued unto me..a wonderfull payne in my stomacke. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxx. 18 There be three things which are too wonderfull for me; yea foure, which I know not. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 134 They made a wonderfull massacre of poore afflicted Christians. 1779 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 424 Give him the juice of clivers or goose grass, which is wonderfull, pounded with a little cold water. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 195 Mr. Tomkins..had a wonderful eye for the picturesque. 1849 F. W. Faber Jesus & Mary 5 My God! how wonderful Thou art. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley II. xxxvi. 303 Every Sunday morning, he trimmed his whiskers, and put on a wonderful waistcoat. 1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures of Eng. iii. §78 Robert Guiscard, the most wonderful soldier of that or any other time. b. the wonderful: that which is wonderful. †Also n. plural wonderful things. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder > marvels collectively wonderc1220 admirables1547 magnalia1650 the wonderful1727 marvellous1741 mirabilia1821 marvel1866 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 77 This Temper of the People..drove [the magicians]..to a Confederacy with the Devil for a Supply of Wonderfuls to delude the People. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. i. 152 Every Writer may be permitted to deal as much in the Wonderful as he pleases. View more context for this quotation 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 20 One unvarying predilection for the wonderful runs through the whole series of his poems. †2. Filled with wonder or admiration. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective] awonder1154 wonderfulc1380 astoniedc1400 marvelling?a1425 amazed1548 admirative1582 thunderstrickena1586 wondering1592 stonished1595 thunderstruck1613 dump1616 rapt1621 admired1684 astonished1716 breathless1768 unbreathing1789 agazed1803 astounded1810 obfuscated1822 struck with thunder1823 surprised1882 zapped1962 mind-blown1967 gob-struck1985 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [adjective] wonderfulc1380 admirative1582 admiring1592 wondering1592 admirant1853 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 308 Makinge persones wondirful bi cause of here wynnyng. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wonderfull,..admirabundus. 1583 S. Harsnett Serm. Ezek. (1658) 132 The H[oly] Fathers are wonderfull in the contemplation of mans excellency at the first. B. adv. = wonderfully adv. 1. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb] wonderlyc897 sellya1000 wonderc1175 wonderfullya1300 marvellouslya1382 marvellousa1400 marvelly?a1400 wonderful14.. wonderslyc1489 to marvelc1500 wondersc1528 wondrously1535 prodigiously1541 wondrous1557 admirably1570 admiredly1598 to a miracle?1614 marls1615 amazingly1650 miridically1652 mirificously1657 surprisingly1661 to wonder1661 astonishingly1668 prodigious1694 strikingly1752 amazing1760 à merveille1762 astoundingly1826 mirifically1873 breathtakingly1887 eye-poppingly1959 mind-bogglingly1973 staggeringly1976 mind-blowingly1977 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > amazingly or wonderfully wonderlyc1000 wonderc1175 wonderfullya1300 marvellouslya1382 marvellousa1400 marvelly?a1400 wonderful14.. miraculouslya1425 wonderslyc1489 wondersc1528 wondrously1535 prodigiously1541 wondrous1557 stupendly1621 stupendiously1629 amazingly1650 stupendously1659 astonishingly1668 tremendously1684 prodigious1694 portentously1755 miraculous1766 awesomely1821 stunningly1823 fabulously1845 devastatingly1905 fantastically1923 dizzyingly1952 staggeringly1976 14.. Sir Beues (MS M.) 3866 A wonderffull gret route. c1400 Rowland & O. 50 Now come þam..wondirfull hasty tythande. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xi. sig. Evi Cosmographie is to all noble men, nat only pleasant, but..wonderfull necessary. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 63 Wonderfull like is the Case of Boldnesse, in Ciuill Businesse. 1722 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1906) VII. 381 Being full of wooden Cutts, w^ch makes the Book wonderfull curious. 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xi, in Poems 13 They're maistly wonderfu' contented. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay ix. 146 She was wonderful fond of Elsie. Compounds wonderful Parliament n. historical the English Parliament of 1388, which condemned the favourites of Richard II. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament > specific great Parliamentc1450 Good Parliament1580 addle parliament1614 giunto1641 junto1641 Unlearned Parliament1643 Long Parliament1646 rump?1653 Short Parliament1653 lay Parliament1655 Barebone's Parliament1657 Rump Parliament1659 Little Parliamenta1675 Long Parliament1678 Pensioner Parliament1678 Pensioned Parliament1681 Bluestocking Parliamenta1683 Pension Parliament1682 Pensionary Parliament1690 marvellous Parliament?1706 rumple1725 lack-learning Parliament1765 unreported Parliament1839 Cavalier Parliament1849 Addled Parliament1857 merciless Parliament1875 wonderful Parliament1878 nominated Parliament1898 1878 Freeman in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 319/2 A parliament known as the Wonderful and the Merciless. 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