unwonder

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ wonder.

Verb

unwonder (third-person singular simple present unwonders, present participle unwondering, simple past and past participle unwondered)

  1. (transitive) To divest of wonder or mystery, as by interpreting or explaining.[1]
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC:
      Unwonder me this wonder

Noun

unwonder (plural unwonders)

  1. a lack of wonder; something not wonderful

References

  1. ^ “unwonder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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