wonderfully 
2. With wonder or admiration. 
Ther dide Gawein soche merveiles in amies that won- 
dirfvUy was he be-helden of hem of logres, for he smote 
down men and horse. Merlin (K. E. T. S.), ii. 200. 
wonderfulliess(wun'der-fiil-nes), II. Tlie state 
or quality of being wonderful. 
wondering (wun'der-iug), «. [< ME. wiimh-ing, 
wmidrunge, < AS. icundriiiig, verbal, n. of «■««- 
drian, wonder: see wonder, c] Expressing ad- 
miration or amazement ; marveling. 
Swich woHdriiii/ was ther on this liors of bi-as 
That, sin the grete sege of Troye was, 
Ther as men wondreden on an hors also, 
Ne waa ther swich a woiidriiuj as was tho. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, I. 297. 
wondeiingly (^vun'der-ing-li), adc. In a won- 
dering manner ; with wonder : as, to gaze koh- 
deriiiyly. 
wonderland (wun'dfer-land), n, [< u-oiidcr + 
land.~i A land of wonders or marvels. 
Lo! Bruce in wonderland is quite at home. 
Woleot (P. Pindar), Complim. Epistle to James Bruce. 
wonderlyt (wun'd6r-li), a. [< ME. irondcrlij, < 
AS. wnndorlic (= OS. wundarllc = OHG. wiiii- 
tarlich,MKG.Gr.wunderlich); as wonder + -///!.] 
Wonderful. 
In his bed had on ey and no mo, 
Moste hieste set, wunderltj to se. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1241. 
wonderlyt (wun'der-li), adv. [< ME. vonderhj, 
wondyrbj, woiiderliche, wiiuderlich, wondcrlyehc; 
< wonderly, a.] Wonderfully. 
Wonderly delivere, and greet of strengthe. 
Cliaucer, Gen. I'rol to C. T., 1. 84. 
This towne of Modona is fayre and wonderly strong, as 
ferre as we myghte perceyue. 
Sir It. Guyl/orde, Pylgrjiuage, p. 70. 
wonder-mazet (wun'dtr-maz), c t. To strike 
with wonder; astonish; amaze. 
Hee taught and sought Right's mines to rcpaire. 
Sometimes with words that woiuier-mazed men, 
Sometimes with deedes that Angels did admire. 
Daciegy Wittes Pilgrimage, p. iil. (Dacies.) 
wonderment (wun'der-raent), )(. [< wonder 
+ -mcnt.'i 1. Surprise; astonishment. 
All this wonderment doth grow from a little oversight, 
In deeming that the subject wherein headship is to reside 
■hould be evermore some one person. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, viii. 4. 
" I know nothing o' church. I've never been to church. " 
** No ! " said Dolly, in a low tone of wonderment. 
Oeorye Eliot, Silas Marner, x. 
2. Something wonderful ; a wonderful appear- 
ance. 
Those things which I here set down are such as do nat- 
orally take the sense, and not rc-spect petty wonderments. 
Bacon, Ma»iues and Triumphs (ed. 1S87). 
wonder-net (wun'der-net), n. In anat., a term 
translating the Latin rete mirubile, or wonder- 
ful net. a network of minute vessels. See rete. 
WOnder-of-the-WOrld(wun'der-ov-the-wt^rld'), 
H. The (;hinese ginseng: an alleged trausla- 
tioii. Hee ginneii;/. 
WOnderoust (wim'd6r-us), (I. An obsolete form 
of wondroug. 
wonderst, udv. [< ME. iconden; < wonder + 
adv. gen. -s as in needs, etc.] Wonderfully; 
wondrous. 
Me mette suche a swevcnyng 
That liked me w<jnderii wele. 
Rom. of the Roue, 1. 27, 
[This is the reading of the original edition and of the 
maimscripts. It has been changed int^> wonderoiu in 
some modern editions, and perhaps correctly.] 
wonderslyt, udc. [< wonders + -li/-.] Won- 
derfully. 
Where suche a solempne yerely myracle is wrought so 
toonderdy in the face of the world. 
.Sir r. More, Works, p. 1,'!4. 
wonder-stone (wun'der-ston), H. The name 
given to a bed oeeuiTing in the Ked Marl (Tri- 
assie) near Wells, England, which is described 
by Buekland and Conybeare as being "a beau- 
tiful breccia, consisting of yellow transparent 
crystals of carbonate of lime disseminated 
through a dark red earthy dolomite." 
wonderstricken, wonderstrack (wnu'der- 
strik'n, wun'der-struk), it. Struck with won- 
der, admiration, or surprise. 
Ascanius, iconder-gtruek to see 
That Image of his filial piety. 
Dryden, ^Eneid, ix. 391. 
Cast his strong arms about his drmtping wife. 
And kiss'd his wonder-gtrickrn little ones. 
Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
wonder-wonder (wun'der-wun'dcr), H. See 
lilt fill .■<iit . 
wonderwork (wunMer-werk). H. [< ME. won- 
derworr, < AS. wnndortceorc (Stratmann) (= G. 
wunderwerk); as wonder + work, h.] A won- 
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derful work or act ; a prodigy; a miracle; thau- 
maturgy. 
Such as in strange land 
lie found in wonder-works of God and Nature's hand. 
Byron, Childe Harold, iii. 10. 
wonderworker (wun'der-wer''ker), n. One who 
perfonns wonders or surprising things ; a thau- 
maturgist. /. lyisraeU, Curios, of Lit., II. 162. 
wonderworking (wun'der-wer''king). It. Doing 
wonders or surprising things. G. Herbert, 
Country Parson, xxxii. 
wonder-wounded (wun'der-w6n'''ded), a. 
Struck with wonder or surprise ; wonder- 
stricken. 
What is he whose grief . . . 
Conjures the wandering stars, and makes them stand 
Like wonder-wounded hearers'^ Shak., Ilamlet, v. 1. '280. 
wondrous (wun'drus), a. [Formerly wouder- 
ons. wonderoiise, < wonder + -ous; prob. sug- 
gested by marvelous, etc., but in part a substi- 
tute for early mod. E. wonders: see wonders.} 
I, a. Of a kind or degree to excite wonder ; 
wonderful; marvelous; strange. 
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and 
tell of aU thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7. 
Wherefore saze this goodly company. 
As if they saw some wondrous monument ? 
SAa*-., T. of theS., iii. 2. 97. 
And yet no Angel envy'd Him his place 
Who ever look'd upon his wonderous face. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 214. 
Wondrous truths, and manifold as wondrott^, 
God hath written in those stars above. 
Lony/eUow, Flowers. 
wondrous (wun'drus), adv. [' wondrous, «.] 
In a wonderful or surprising degree; remark- 
ably; exceedingly. 
I found you wondrous kind. Shak., All's Well, v. 3. 311. 
I sliiUl grow wondrous melancholy if I stay long here 
without company. 
Beau, and Fl., Thierry and Theodoret, v. 1. 
wondrously (wun'dms-li), adv. [< wondrous + 
-Ii/-.] In a strange or wonderful manner or 
degree. 
My lord leans wondrously to discontent. 
Shak., T. of A., ill. 4. 71. 
Cloe complains, and wond'ronsly 'a aggriev'd. 
Qlanville, Cloe. 
wondrousness (wun'drus-nes), n. The quality 
of being wondrous. 
wonet, ''. and n. See woii'^. 
WOngi (wong), n. [< ME. wong, icang, < AS. 
woiig, wang, a plain: see ifaw^l.] A plain; a 
field; a meadow. [Old and prov. Eng.] 
WOng'-t, "• An obsolete spelling of waiig^. 
Wonga-WOnga (wong'ga-woug"gii), n. [Aus- 
tralian.] A largo Australian pigeon, Leueo- 
.wrt'K/ picalii, having white flesh, and much 
esteemed for the table Wonga-wonga ■vine. 
See Tecoina. 
Wongert, «. Same as waiigcr. 
Woningt, It. [< ME. wunuiigc, wuning, woning, 
ironinije,<. AS. ituiiung, dwelling, inner room of a 
dwelling (= OHG. wonuiiga, G. irolinung, dwell- 
ing), verbal n. of wunian, dwell: see icohI.] 
Dwelling; abode. 
His woniny was ful fair upon an heeth, 
Ctiaucer, Gen. Prul, to C, T,, 1, 60«, 
He signes unto tliem made 
Willi him to wend unto his wonniny neare, 
.Spenser, ¥. (J., VI. iv. 13. 
woning-placet, «• [ME. ; < wuning + i)lace.'] 
Dwellmg-plaeo ; habitation. 
I wol and charge thee 
To telle anon thy wonyiiy places. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 0110. 
Woning-S'teadt, ". [ME. woimyug-steed ; < won- 
ing + -stead.] Dwelling-place. 
God will make in yowe haly than his wonnyivj-siecd. 
York Plays, p. 173. 
wonne^t, i'. and ». See won^. 
wonne-'t, wonnent. Obsolete forms of woifi, 
jireti'rit and past participle of )fi«l. 
WOnne'H, adv. and conj. An obsolete foi'ni of 
when. 
wonti (wunt), a. (orig. pp.). [< ME. wont, con- 
tracted form of woncd {= G. gewohnt), pp. of 
wiinrn. be accustomed: see won^.] Accus- 
tomed; in the habit; habituated; using or do- 
ing customarily. 
The KyiiR of that Contree was wont to ben so stronc and 
so niyghty that he helde Werre azenst Kyiig Alisandre. 
MandenUe, Travels, p. 1U4. 
Our love was new and then but in the spring. 
When I was wont to greet it with my lays. 
.Shak., Sonnets, cii. 
WOnt^t. Obsolete preterit of won'^. 
wont' (wunt), v.\ pret. wont (occasionally 
wonted), pp. wont, wonted. [< wont'^, a., oi-ig. 
woo 
pp. of i(.'0«l : see «'0«i.] I. intrans. 1. To be 
accustomed or habituated ; use ; be used. 
When soon the goodly Wyre, that wonted was so high 
Her stately top to real', . . . 
Of Erisicthon s end begins her to bethink. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, vii. 256. 
The jessamine that round the straw roof d cot 
Its flagrant branches wreathed, beneath whose shade 
I wont to sit and watch the setting sun 
And hear the thrush's song. Soxithey. 
2. To dwell; make one's home. 
The king's fisher wonts commonly by the waterside and 
nestles in hollow banks. Sir R. L' Estrange. 
II. trans. To accustom; habituate. 
These, that in youth have wonted themselves to the load 
of less sins, want not increase of strength according to the 
increase of their burdens. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 354. 
wontl(wunt), «. [< H-o« <l, «. and f. Ci.won^, 
wonv, «.] Custom; habit; practice; way. 
"lis not his wont to be the hindmost man. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI,, Iii. 1. 2. 
Rather than I wou'd break my old Wont. 
Etherege, She Would if She Could, v. 1. 
The heart grows hardened with perpetual wont. 
Lowell, Parting of the Ways. 
Use and wont. .Seewsd. 
wont'-'t, ''• An obsolete form of wanf^. 
Make 
For hem, yf other water wonte, a lake. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p, 26, 
wonts, H. A variant of want^. 
won't (wunt or wont). A contraction of woll 
not — tliat is, will not. 
wonted (wun'ted), J). ((. [< woMfl -I- -ed2.] i_ 
Accustomed; made or having become familiar 
by using, frequenting, etc. 
The stately lord, which u-oonted was to kepe 
A court at home, is now come vp to courte. 
Gascoiyne, Steele Glas (ed. Arber), p. 62. 
Hepzibali had fully satisfied herself of the impossibility 
of ever becoming wonted to this peevishly obstreperous 
little Lshop.Jbell. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, v. 
2. Customary or familiar by being used, done, 
frequented, enjoined, experienced, or the like; 
usual. 
Slie did her wonted course forslowe. 
Spenser, F. Q., VII. vi. 16. 
To pay our wonted tribute. Shak., Cymbeline, v. 5. 462. 
To this the courteous Prince 
Accorded with his wonted courtesy. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
wontedness (wun'ted-nes), n. The state of 
being wonted or accustomed ; customariness. 
Wontedness of opinion. Eikon Basiiike, p. 163. 
wontless (wunt'les), (/. [< woiit^ + -less.] Un- 
accustomed; unused. [Kare.] 
What wontlessc fui-y dost thou now inspire 
Into my feeble breast, too full of tliee'^ 
Spenser, In Honour of Beautie, 1. 2. 
He, remembering the past day 
When from bis name the atfrightetl s<ins of France 
Fled trembling, all astonished at then- force 
And wontless valour, rages round the field 
Dreadful in anger, Southey. 
woo' (wo), V. [Early mod. E. also wo, wow, 
wowe; < ME. uowen, iro^eii, < AS. wogian, in 
comp. divt'igiiin, woo; prob. lit. 'bend, incline,' 
hence incline another toward oneself, < woh 
(it'og-), bent, curved, crooked; cf. Goth, walis, 
bent, in comp. un-wali.->; not crooked, blame- 
less ; cf . Skt. vaiich, go tortuously, be crooked ; 
cf. L. vaeillare, vacillate, varus, crooked: see 
vacilliile,rarieose,eU'.] I. trans. 1. To court; 
seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially 
with a view to marriage ; solicit or seek in mar- 
riage. 
He woweth hire by meeiies and brocage. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 189. 
She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd; 
She is a woman, therefore to be won. 
Shak.,1 Hen. VL, v. 3. 78. 
2. To solicit; sue; ask with importunity; seek 
to influence or persuade; invite; endeavor to 
prevail upon to do or to grant something. 
Having woo'd 
A villain to attempt It. Shak., Pericles, v. 1. 174. 
I wooed tier for to dine. 
But could not get lier. 
Phillada Jlouts me (.Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 310). 
Thee, chauntress, oft, tlic woods among, 
I woo, to hear thy even-i^ong. 
Milfoil, II Penseroso, 1, 04, 
3. To seek; seek to obtain or bring about; act 
as if seeking to obtain or bring aliout. 
Some ill their actions do woo and affect honour ami 
reputation. tlacon. Honour and Kepiltation (ed. 1887). 
Whose gently-looking beauties i)nly do 
Inanmur Ruin and Destruclion leoo. 
J. Ikaumont, Psyclie, v. 6. 
II. intraiib: 1. 'I'o ci>urt; make love; sue in 
love. 
