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A.Word.A.Day--wunderkind Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio wunderkind (VOON-duhr-kind, wun-) noun, plural wunderkinder (-kin-duhr) 1. A child prodigy. 2. A person of remarkable talent or ability who achieves great success or acclaim at an early age. [German : Wunder, wonder, prodigy (from Middle High German, from Old High German wuntar) + Kind, child.] "`It's amazing, the age-ism that you find in Hollywood,' Linney groans. `The man is not that old, for heaven's sake. People think he is because he was so young when he did Singin' in the Rain. He was a wunderkind.'" Mike Hughes, TV Movie's Letter-perfect, The Calgary Sun, 12 Apr 1999. This week's theme: loanwords from German. X-Bonus You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. -Irish Proverb

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