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wunderkind

[ voon-der-kind, wuhn-; German voon-duhr-kint ]

noun

plural wunderkinds, German wunderkinder
  1. a wonder child or child prodigy.
  2. a person who succeeds, especially in business, at a comparatively early age.


wunderkind

/ ˈwʌndəˌkɪnd; ˈvʊndərˌkɪnt /

noun

  1. a child prodigy
  2. a person who is exceptionally successful in his field while still young
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of wunderkind1

1890–95; < German, equivalent to Wunder wonder + Kind child
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wunderkind1

C20: German, literally: wonder child
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Ince was a wunderkind of the new medium, and a man of cyclonic energy and aptitude.

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The federal funding slashing wunderkind and Musk lackey didn't account for his bigoted social media posts being uncovered by the Wall Street Journal, however.

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Lesser biographies pick sides; Mangold trusts us to find our own path through the mire, while noting the particular risk of being a wunderkind hoisted up into a deity.

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For the devastated people of the region, news of a local baseball wunderkind making it in Japan’s big leagues was a balm.

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Set against the ominous beauty of the Swiss Alps, the film is a post-WWII-set art thriller about a quantum physics wunderkind and a mysterious jazz pianist.

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