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Astonied

//əˈstɑnid// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In shock or confusion; bewildered, astonished. archaic, poetic

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of astony form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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