wonder

verb

have questions about
experience a sense of wonder, experience wonder/awe, inspire awe, wonder

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noun

emotion
experience a sense of wonder, experience wonder/awe, inspire awe, wonder

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndə/ / [ˈwʌ̹ndə] / /ˈwɐndə/

noun

Any of the Wonders of the World.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Cognate with Scots wunner (“wonder”), West Frisian wonder, wûnder (“wonder, miracle”), Dutch wonder (“miracle, wonder”), Low German wunner, wunder (“wonder”), German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under (“wonder, miracle”), Faroese and Icelandic undur (“wonder”). The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunnerje, West Frisian wûnderje, Dutch wonderen, German Low German wunnern, German wundern, Swedish undra, Icelandic undra. Via PIE cognate with English wish (see more).

To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
“He's married by now, I shouldn't wonder.”
“[…]I could not ſufficiently wonder at the Intrepidity of theſe diminutive Mortals,[…]”
To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
“He wondered whether penguins could fly. She had wondered this herself sometimes.”
“Has Jay gone fishing, I wonder?”