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astoundment

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as⋅tound

  [uh-stound]
–verb (used with object)
1. to overwhelm with amazement; astonish greatly; shock with wonder or surprise.
–adjective
2. Archaic. astonished; astounded.
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Origin:
1275–1325; ME astoun(e)d, ptp. of astonen, var. of astonyen to astonish

Related forms:
as⋅tound⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. See surprise.
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Word Origin & History

astound 
1600, from M.E. astouned, astoned (c.1300), pp. of astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of V.L. *extonare.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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