astonied

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈstɒnid/ (UK)
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/əˈstɒnid/ (UK) · /əˈstɑnid/ (US)

Definition of astonied

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of astony
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of astony

adj

  1. (archaic, poetic)In shock or confusion; bewildered, astonished.
    “Then were assembled vnto me euery one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had bene caried away, and I sate astonied, vntill the euening sacrifice.”
    “Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule.”
    “... astonied. Nobody was astonied in Russia. There, to the wise observer, it seemed perfectly natural. The Russian woman had no more than found a new field for her capable mind and restless energy. Why be astonied? She was but making[…]”

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Etymology

Apparently from astony, astonie, from Old French estonner, from Vulgar Latin *extonare. Compare English astonish, of which this was claimed in olden sources to be the more "correct" (or at least Biblical) version of the word.

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