Wunderkind (noun)
wuhn-der-kind
A gifted or talented child.
Wunderkind entered English around 1890–95 and was adopted from German.
Example sentences
“She seemed to think her daughter was some kind of wunderkind.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)