Wow

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natural exclamation: first recorded in Scots in the early 16th century.


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Attested since the 16th century; borrowed from Scots wow.

Imitative.


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wow (interj.)

1510s, Scottish, a natural expression of amazement. "This old interjection had a new popularity in the early 1900s and again during the 1960s and later" [DAS].




wow (v.)

"overwhelm with delight or amazement," 1924, American English slang, from wow (interj.). Related: Wowed; wowing. Used as a noun meaning "unqualified success" since 1920.