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No kidding? what do you say to that!, nous verrons! [Fr.], how now!, where am I?<br />

Phr. vox faucibus haesit [Lat.]; one's hair standing on end.<br />

871. [Absence of wonder.] Expectance -- N. expectance &c (expectation) 507.<br />

example, instance (conformity) 82.<br />

normality (habit) 613.<br />

nine days' wonder.<br />

V. expect &c 507; not be surprised, not wonder &c 870; nil admirari [Lat.], make<br />

nothing of.<br />

Adj. expecting &c v.; unamazed, astonished at nothing; blase &c (weary) 841; expected<br />

&c v.; foreseen; unsurprising.<br />

common, ordinary, normal, typical, usual &c (habitual) 613.<br />

Adv. naturally, as a matter of course.<br />

Int. no wonder; of course.<br />

872. Prodigy -- N. prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel, miracle;<br />

monster &c (unconformity) 83; curiosity, lion, sight, spectacle; jeu de theatre [Fr.], coup<br />

de theatre; gazingstock † ; sign; St.<br />

Elmo's fire, St.<br />

Elmo's light; portent &c 512.<br />

bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunderclap,<br />

thunder-bolt.<br />

what no words can paint; wonders of the world; annus mirabilis [Lat.]; dignus vindice<br />

nodus [Lat.].<br />

Phr. natura il fece e poi roppe la stampa [It].<br />

5. EXTRINSIC AFFECTIONS<br />

873. Repute -- N. distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high<br />

repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation [As You Like It], vogue,<br />

celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis [Lat.]; approbation &c<br />

931; credit, succes d'estime [Fr.], prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with.<br />

glory, honor; luster &c (light) 420; illustriousness &c adj.. account, regard, respect;<br />

reputableness &c adj. † ; respectability &c (probity) 939; good name, good report; fair<br />

name.<br />

dignity; stateliness &c adj.; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty,<br />

sublimity.<br />

rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in<br />

society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi [Lat.], caste, condition.<br />

greatness &c adj.; eminence; height &c 206; importance &c 642; preeminence,<br />

supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the ladder, top of the tree.<br />

elevation; ascent &c 305; superaltation † , exaltation; dignification † , aggrandizement.<br />

dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement,<br />

glorification.

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