"wondersong" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wondersongs [plural]
Etymology: From wonder + song. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wonder|song}} wonder + song Head templates: {{en-noun}} wondersong (plural wondersongs)
  1. (rare) An exceptionally good or extraordinary song. Tags: rare Synonyms: wonder-song
    Sense id: en-wondersong-en-noun-jiWHoKxe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1980, Curtis White, Heretical Songs, page 2:",
          "text": "Thus, Alma lied. A poignant complaint, piercing wondersong, registering with her frail untaught soprano trembling tones in the uppermost treble-world.",
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          "ref": "2004, Sphyrex of Shobol, Vagabond: Psalms Of The Dreamers, page 211:",
          "text": "Afterward, Pygarax dared suggest, “Move over Asylum; Halls of the Mountain Kings; Cymnargael; Oh, Cherriel; Refugee; Psalm of the Dreamers; Houses of the Holy; The Vagabond Hymn; and all of those other fabulous wondersongs that are too damn numerous to mention: Y'all got big company.”",
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          "ref": "2017, Otto Scott, Rousseau and Romanticism:",
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