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won·drous
 wondrous
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- pronunciation:
- wuhn
dr
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
wonderful, esp. in literary or poetic usage.
- similar words:
- glorious
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| related words: |
marvelous, wonderful |
adverb + (adj.)wondrous
most, surely, truly
(adj.)wondrous
+ noun
acre,
architecture,
array,
beauty,
being,
collection,
creature,
curiosity,
deed,
discovery,
dream,
event,
gift,
harmony,
intervention,
invention,
journey,
land,
landscape,
machine,
magic,
map,
miracle,
missile,
oblivion,
potential,
scenery,
sight,
smell,
sound,
spectacle,
surprise,
tale,
talent,
thing,
transformation,
treasure,
universe,
variety,
vision,
winter,
wonder
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| derivations: |
wondrously (adv.), wondrousness (n.) |
The word wondrous
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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