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wonderment(dictionary)

wonderment (iou)



wonderment noun. Chiefly literary. LME.
[from WONDER verb + -MENT.]
An expression of wonder (arch., esp. in make a wonderment); a state of wonder, surprise, or awe. LME.
Coleridge 'Nor cold, nor stern, my soul!' They gape for wonderment. F. Trollope What wonderments you do make about nothing. G. H. Lewes The mind passes from wonderment at the miraculous.
An object of or matter for wonder; a wonderful thing. LME.
b. A wonderful example or instance of something. E17.
Wonderful quality, marvellousness. L16.
R. Cobb The sheer wonderment of his first fortnight of liberty.