The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromθαυμασμός“a wondering”
- English todaythaumasmus
From Latin, from Ancient Greek θαυμασμός (thaumasmós, “a wondering”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
thaumasmus
Today it means: The presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way. Full definition →
Ancient Greek θαυμασμός