boy wonder

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noun

a young man whose skills or accomplishments are precocious.

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Origin of boy wonder

1960–65; perhaps fashioned on German Wunderkind

Words nearby boy wonder

boysenberry, boy shorts, Boys will be boys, boysy, boy toy, boy wonder, Boz, Bozcaada, Bozeman, Bozen, bozo

How to use boy wonder in a sentence

During the late 1990s dot-com era, Polis earned a reputation as a boy wonder.
How These Ultrawealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes|by Ellis Simani, Robert Faturechi and Ken Ward Jr.|November 4, 2021|ProPublica
From Jordan to New Jersey, Palestinians watch and vote religiously for their hometown boy wonder.
The Next Arab Idol: Palestine's Boy Wonder and Stereotype Buster|Maysoon Zayid|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Paul Ryan, introduced to the country last year as something of a boy wonder, is going through a rough patch.
Why Paul Ryan’s Star Dimmed|Howard Kurtz|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Little Everard, the Boy Wonder, has put a dainty foot in it again!
The Flying Death|Samuel Hopkins Adams

How's the boy wonder, the only man-eating Dink in captivity?
Stover at Yale|Owen Johnson
Indeed, after being advertised and announced as a boy wonder, he felt that he could not do otherwise.
The Young Musician|Horatio Alger
Burris had called him a Boy Wonder then, when he'd cracked three difficult cases in a row.
Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett

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