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wonder child
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noun
an unusually intelligent or talented child; prodigy; wunderkind.
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βWasβ is used for the indicative past tense of βto be,β and βwereβ is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of wonder child
1895β1900; translation of German Wunderkind
Words nearby wonder child
womyn, won, wonder, wonderberry, wonder boy, wonder child, wonder drug, wonderful, wondering, wonderkid, wonderland
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