Noah Webster
Wondrous
WONDROUS, adjective Admirable; marvelous; such as may excite surprise and astonishment; strange.
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Psalms 26:7.
WONDROUS, adverb In a wonderful or surprising degree; as a place wondrous deep; you are wondrous fair; wondrous fond of peace. These phrases of Cowley, Dryden and Pope, are admissible only in the ludicrous and burlesque style.