amazing

[uh-mey-zing] Origin

a·maz·ing

[uh-mey-zing]
adjective
causing great surprise or sudden wonder.

Origin:
1520–30; amaze + -ing2

a·maz·ing·ly, adverb

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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a·maze

[uh-meyz] verb, a·mazed, a·maz·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder; astonish greatly.
2.
Obsolete. to bewilder; perplex.
verb (used without object)
3.
to cause amazement: a new art show that delights and amazes.
noun
4.
Archaic. amazement.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English amasen, Old English āmasian to confuse, stun, astonish. See a-3, maze


1. astound, dumfound, stun, flabbergast. See surprise.

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amazing (əˈmeɪzɪŋ)
 
adj
causing wonder or astonishment: amazing feats
 
a'mazingly
 
adv

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amazing
1590s, prp. adj. from amaze (q.v.). Originally "dreadful;" sense of "wonderful" is recorded from 1704.
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