astonied

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English

Etymology

Apparently from Old English 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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Verb

astonied

  1. simple past and past participle of astony

Adjective

astonied (comparative more astonied, superlative most astonied)

  1. (archaic, poetic) In shock or confusion; bewildered, astonished.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Ezra 9:4:
      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.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
      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.
    • 1917, Good Housekeeping, page 4:
      ... 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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