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Definition of wunderkind noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wunderkind

noun
 
/ˈwʊndəkɪnd/
 
/ˈwʊndərkɪnd/
(plural wunderkinds or wunderkinder
 
/ˈwʊndəkɪndə(r)/
 
/ˈwʊndərkɪndər/
)
(from German, sometimes disapproving)
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  1. a person who is very successful at a young ageTopics Successc2, Life stagesc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German, from Wunder ‘wonder’ + Kind ‘child’.
See wunderkind in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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