wonder stricken

Struck with wonder, astonishment, or amazement. twonder-waiting, a.- Expecting something wonderful. ( Special coinage. ) "And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder - waiting eyes." Southey: After Blenheim. wonder-worker, s. One who performs wonders or wonderful things. wonder-working, adj. Doing wonders or sur prising things. *wonder-wounded, a. Struck with wonder or surprise; amazed. "Like wonder-wounded hearers." Shakesp.: Hamlet, v. 1. won-der, *wun-der, *won-dre, v . i . & t . [A. S. wundrian.] [WONDER, S.] IMG:content-0986.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To entertain or feel some doubt or curiosity about; to be in a state of expectation, mingled with doubt and slight anxiety; as, I wonder if he will arrive in time. I wonder, often I should like to know. "A boy or a child, I wonder." *B. Transitive : Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iii. 3. 1. To be curious about; to wish to know. "Like old acquaintance in a trance, Met far from home, wondering each other's chance." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 1,596. 2. To strike with wonder; to surprise, to amaze. "She has a sedative ne that wonders me still more."Mad. D' Arblay: Diary , iv. 273. We admire what is excellent, noble, glorious, eminent; we are surprised simply at what is unex pected; we wonder at what is extraordinary, lofty, great, or striking, although it may not be unex pected. (Trench.) *won'-dered, a . [Eng. wonder; ed.] Having performed wonders; having the power of performing wonders; wonder-working. "So rare a wondered father." Shakesp.: Tempest, iv. won'-der-er, s . [Eng. wonder , v.; -er.] One who wonders.