Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WOM-AN, v.t.

To make pliant. – Shak.

WOM-AN-ED, a.

Accompanied or united with a woman. [Not used.] – Shak.

WOM-AN-HA-TER, n. [woman and hater.]

One who has an aversion to the female sex. – Swift.

WOM-AN-HOOD, n. [woman and hood.]

The state, character or collective qualities of a woman. – Spenser.

WOM-AN-ISE, v.t.

To make effeminate. [Not used.]

WOM-AN-ISH, a.

Suitable to a woman; having the qualities of a woman; feminine; as, womanish habits; womanish tears; a womanish voice. – Dryden. Shak.

WOM-AN-KIND, n. [woman and kind.]

The female sex; the race of females of the human kind. – Addison.

WOM-AN-LIKE, a.

Like a woman.

WOM-AN-LY, a.

Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. – Arbuthnot. A blushing womanly discovering grace. – Donne.

WOMAN-LY, adv.

In the manner of a woman.

WOMB, n. [woom; Sax. wamb; Goth. wamba; Sw. vämb; Dan. vom; Scot. wame; G. wampe, belly, a dewlap; D. wam.]

1. The uterus of a female; that part where the young of an animal is conceived and nourished till its birth. – Cyc.
2. The place where any thing is produced. The womb of earth the genial seed receives. – Dryden.
3. Any large or deep cavity. – Addison. Womb of the morning, in Scripture, the clouds, which distill dew; supposed to be emblematic of the church bringing forth multitudes to Christ. – Ps. cx.

WOMB, v.t.

To inclose; to breed in secret. [Not in use.] – Shak.

WOM'BAT, n.

A marsupiate mammal, the Phascolomys Wombat, of the opossum family. It is about the size of the badger. It inhabits New Holland.

WOMB'Y, a. [woom'y.]

Capacious. [Not in use.] – Shak.

WOM'EN, n. [wim'en. Plural of Woman. But it is supposed the word we pronounce is from Sax. wifman, and therefore should be written wimen.]

WON, n.

A dwelling. [Obs.] – Spenser.

WON, v. [pret. and pp. of Win; as, victories won.]

WON, or WONE, v.i. [Sax. wunian; G. wohnen; D. woonen, to dwell, to continue; Ir. fanaim.]

To dwell; to abide. [Obs.] Its participle is retained in wont, that is, woned. – Milton.

WON'DER, n. [Sax. wunder; G. wunder; D. wonder; Sw. and Dan. under; qu. Gr. φαινω, to show; and hence a sight; or from the root of Sp. espanto, a panic.]

1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind, of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; something that arrests the attention by its novelty, grandeur or inexplicableness. Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less than amazement. It differs from admiration, in not being necessarily accompanied with love, esteem or approbation, nor directed to persons. But wonder sometimes is nearly allied to astonishment, and the exact extent of the meaning of such words can hardly be graduated. They were filled with wonder and amazement. – Acts iii. Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. – Johnson.
2. Cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy. To try things oft, and never to give over, doth wonders. – Bacon. I am as a wonder to many. – Ps. lxxi.
3. Any thing mentioned with surprise. Babylon, the wonder of all tongues. – Milton.
4. A miracle. – Exod. iii. Wonders of the world. The seven wonders of the world were the Egyptian pyramids, the mausoleum erected by Artemisia, the temple of Diana at Ephesus, the walls and hanging gardens of Babylon, the colossus at Medea, the statue of Jupiter Olympius, and the Pharos or watch-tower of Alexandria.

WON'DER, v.i. [Sax. wundrian.]

To be affected by surprise or admiration. I could not sufficiently ponder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. – Swift. We cease to wonder at what we understand. – Johnson.

WON'DER-ER, n.

One who wonders.

WON-DER-FUL, a.

Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; exciting surprise; strange; astonishing. – Job xlii.

WON-DER-FUL-LY, adv.

In a manner to excite wonder or surprise. I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. – Ps. cxxxix.

WON-DER-FUL-NESS, n.

The state or quality of being wonderful. – Sidney.

WON'DER-ING, ppr.

Indulging or feeling wonder. – Gen. xxiv. Luke xxiv.