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astonish
English
Etymology
From an alteration (due to words ending in -ish: abolish, banish, cherish, establish, furnish, etc.) of earlier astony, astone, aston, astun (“to astonish, confound, stun”), from Middle English astonien, astunien, astonen, astunen, astounen (“to astound, stun, astonish”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English *?stunian, from ?- (perfective prefix) + stunian (“to make a loud sound, crash, resound, roar, bang, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-Germanic *stun?n? (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)ton- (“to thunder, roar, groan”), equivalent to a- +? stun. Compare German erstaunen (“to astonish, amaze”). Another possible source, or else influence, is Old French estoner, estuner, estonuer, estonner (“to stun”), either from an assumed Vulgar Latin *extonare (“to strike with thunder, daze, stupefy, stun”) from Late Latin *extono (ex +? tono), or from Old Frankish *stunen (“to stun”), related to Middle High German stunen (“to knock, strike, stun”) and then, if not the source, still a cognate of the word astonish.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??st?n??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??st?n??/
- Hyphenation: as?ton?ish
Verb
astonish (third-person singular simple present astonishes, present participle astonishing, simple past and past participle astonished)
- To surprise greatly.
- 1813, Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice:
- "I have no right to give my opinion," said Wickham, "as to his being agreeable or otherwise. I am not qualified to form one. I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge. It is impossible for me to be impartial. But I believe your opinion of him would in general astonish — and perhaps you would not express it quite so strongly anywhere else. Here you are in your own family."
- 1813, Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice:
Synonyms
- (to surprise): astound, flabbergast, surprise
Derived terms
Translations
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awe
English
Etymology
From Middle English aw, awe, agh, aw?e, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”). Displaced native Middle English eye, ey?e, ay?e, e??e, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.
Pronunciation
- In non-rhotic accents:
- enPR: ô, IPA(key): /??/
- Homophones: oar, or, ore, o'er
- In rhotic accents:
- (US) enPR: ô, IPA(key): /?/
- Homophone: aw
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: ä, IPA(key): /?/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
awe (usually uncountable, plural awes)
- A feeling of fear and reverence.
- A feeling of amazement.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- For several minutes no one spoke; I think they must each have been as overcome by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have been those upon a distant planet had we suddenly been miraculously transported through ether to an unknown world.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- (archaic) Power to inspire awe.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
awe (third-person singular simple present awes, present participle awing or aweing, simple past and past participle awed)
- (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
- (transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
Synonyms
- (inspire reverence): enthral, enthrall; overwhelm
Derived terms
- awed
Translations
Anagrams
- AEW, EAW, WAE, WEA, eaw, wae
Mapudungun
Adverb
awe (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- quickly, promptly.
- soon
Synonyms
- arol
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ?owu.
Noun
awe
- Alternative form of ewe
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ég?os. Doublet of eye.
Alternative forms
- aw, ahe, au, aue, aghe, age, a?e
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /?a???/
- IPA(key): /?au?(?)/
- Rhymes: -au?(?)
Noun
awe (uncountable)
- awe, wonder, reverence
- fear, horror
- that which elicits or incites horror; something horrifying
Related terms
- agheful
- aghlich (rare)
- awles (rare)
- awen (rare)
Descendants
- English: awe
- Scots: awe, aw
References
- “aue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
Etymology 3
From Old English onwe?, awe?.
Adverb
awe
- Alternative form of away
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
- awé (alternative spelling)
Etymology
From Portuguese hoje and Spanish hoy and Kabuverdianu ochi.
Pronoun
awe
- today
Swahili
Verb
awe
- inflection of -wa:
- third-person singular subjunctive affirmative
- m-wa class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative
Western Arrernte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw?/
Interjection
awe
- yes
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