Definition of "wunderkind" []

• A child prodigy. (noun)
• A person of remarkable talent or ability who achieves great success or acclaim at an early age. (noun)

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• "Mr. Henry's first move was to fire Dan Duquette as general manager and later on bring in wunderkind Theo Epstein."
• "More to the point this market often seems a lot more dynamic, a lot more exciting, and a lot more relevant than some uptown gallery full of middle-class bores clinking champagne glasses and droning on about how jejune the latest wunderkind is really, darling, just sooo trite, really, overhyped."
• "According to Montague, Maughn never referred to the wunderkind by name, just as “a young Negro ballplayer … with a great arm.”"