wonderwork

[ wuhn-der-wurk ]

noun

1. a wonderful work; marvel; miracle.

wonderwork

/ ˈwʌndəˌwɜːk /

noun

1. something done or made that excites wonder; miracle or wonder

Derived Forms

• ˈwonder-ˌworking, nounadjective
• ˈwonder-ˌworker, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wonderwork¹

before 1000; Middle English wonder werk, Old English wundorweorc. See wonder, work

Example Sentences

In 2009, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger muscled a ballyhooed bill through the Legislature that was heralded as a wonderwork.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Project Gutenberg

An important part of the remaining positions required for my assault on them was now won by a highly successful enterprise carried out on the evening of September 14, 1916, by which the Wonderwork was stormed.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a wonderwork of feeling and deep richness of harmony, of absolute sincerity and inspiration.

From Project Gutenberg

And here, O captious critic, is a Wonderwork which not only disarms but staggers, paralyses and annihilates all possibilities of animadversion, unless you wish to share the fate of Marsyas, by pitting your puny strength against the overwhelming panoply of divine and immortal genius.

From Project Gutenberg