Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A marvelous or miraculous act, work, or achievement; a marvel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle; thaumaturgy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
wonderful work oract ; amiracle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was known as a wonderworker, and one of his deeds consisted in keeping the lamps of the church lighted even with water or oil in them.
The tie that binds Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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He was known as a wonderworker, and one of his deeds consisted in keeping the lamps of the church lighted even with water or oil in them.
Archive 2006-09-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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In conception, the baggage system was supposed to be a miracle of traveling convenience, a wonderwork of lasers and computers.
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It is a wonderwork of feeling and deep richness of harmony, of absolute sincerity and inspiration.
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It is full of home-sickness, and the accompaniment (not used in the production) is a wonderwork of color.
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The very pipe, in which burned the spell of all this wonderwork, ceased to appear as a smoke-blackened earthen stump, and became a meerschaum, with painted bowl and amber mouthpiece.
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The very pipe, in which burned the spell of all this wonderwork, ceased to appear as a smoke-blackened earthen stump, and became a meerschaum, with painted bowl and amber mouthpiece.
Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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This truly mesmerizing wonderwork winding north and northwest of Beijing fills you with calm and repose.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010
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To quote another reanimation-minded wonderwork: Sometimes dead is better.
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A time-signature shifting wonderwork that also manages to swing in so many ways, there’s “Take Five,” one of the best-known and biggest — mainstream-wise — jazz numbers ever too, even a half-century later, but there’s also “Blue Rondo a La Turk” and “Three to Get Ready.”
Buzzine » CD Spins 2009
whichbe commented on the word wonderwork
Prodigy; miracle; thaumaturgy. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008