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s excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement. They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. Acts iii. 10. Wonder is the effect of novelty up…

Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.

A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle. Such as in strange land He found in wonderworks of God and Nature's hand. Byron.

Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange. That I may . . . tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7. -- Won"drous*ly, adv. -- Won"drous*ness, n. Chloe complains, and wondrously's aggrieved. Granville.

in its wonted corner. Sir W. Scott. She was wonted to the place, and would not remove. L'Estrange.

[Obs.] Shak. To word it, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] "To word it with a shrew." L'Estrange.

a world of holidays, that 't a woundy hindrance to a poor man that lives by his labor. L'Estrange.

A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners.

A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.

A house for the reception of strangers.

Reception of strangers; hospitality. [R.]

To bark; to yelp. L'Estrange.

mercy. Atterbury. The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice. L'Estrange.