wonderwork

English

Alternative forms

• wonder-work

Etymology

From Middle English wonderworc, from Old English wundorweorc, wundorġeweorc (“a wondrous work, miracle”), equivalent to wonder +‎ work. Compare Dutch wonderwerk, German Wunderwerk.

Noun

wonderwork (plural wonderworks)

1. A wonderful work or act
2. A miracle.
   • 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza X:

     Unheeded, searching through the crowd to find / Fit speculation; such as in strange land / He found in wonder-works of God and Nature's hand.

Related terms

• work wonders

References

• “wonderwork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.