wonderfool

comparative more wonderfool · superlative most wonderfool

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of wonderful.

   Fresh, ardent, yet woise, oh so woise, he tell me 'ou to manage my lands, an oder wonderfool tings!

   1867, “The History of a Sack of Corn”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, volume 18, page 536

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   1787, James Elphinston, Propriety Ascertained in Her Picture; Or, Inglish Speech and Spelling Rendered Mutual Guides, page 25

   “[…] It's quite wonderfool hoo the deevil he gets through it all.” (Whispering in his ear) “I am surprised too; but I did it all myself.”

   1839, Charles Mathews, Memoires, page 260

   Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!"

   1992, Tristan Jones, Adrift, page 257

   Whenever approached by some unctuous bell captain as to my reason for occupying a chair for such a long time, I would reply in an all-purpose "foreign" accent (part Bela Lugosi, part Charlie Chan) "Merry Chreestmas. America it is a wonderfool country," and then they generally left me alone.

   1998, James Howard Kunstler, Home from nowhere: remaking our everyday world for the twenty-first Century, page 179

   Marie-Louise emerged from the girls' tent, wrapped in a fleece. She sat down by Jess. "It is wonderfool now zat Jodie is feelingue bettair," she said.

   2009, Sue Limb, Girl, Barely 15: Flirting for England, page 195