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▪ I. † ˈstonish, a. Obs.
[f. stone n. + -ish1.]
Resembling, or having the character of, stone; stony. (Chiefly fig.)
c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 158 Harde and stonysshe ware yt hert. 1530Palsgr. 302 Pierreux, stony or stonysshe. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utopia ii. (1895) 206 Is there annye man so possessed wyth stonyshe insensibilitie..?
▪ II. † ˈstonish, v. Obs.
Forms: 5 Sc. stunys, stonisch, 5–6 Sc. stonis, -ys, -eis, 6 Sc. stwnys, stunnys; 6 ston(n)ysh(e, 6–7 stonish.
[aphetic f. astonish v.]
trans. To stun mentally, shock, surprise. = astonish v. 2–4.
c1470Henry Wallace vi. 549 The fyrst cownter so gret abaysing maid, That all the ost was stunyst of that sicht. c1470Rauf Coilȝear 175 For I am stonischit at this straik, that hes me thus steird. 1513Douglas æneis xi. i. 44 So that..na delay May stoppin ȝou, nor stunnys ane other day Be ȝour awin sleuth. 1530Palsgr. 736/2, I stonyshe, jestonne. He stonyshyd me. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 825 Whereat amas'd..Or stonisht, as night wandrers often are, Their light blowne out..Euen so confounded in the darke she lay. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 15 Labour in hearing the word, to finde it..to shake and stonish thy soule.
Hence † ˈstonished ppl. a., † ˈstonishing vbl. n. Also † ˈstonishment.
c1520M. Nisbet N.T. in Scots Acts iii. 10 And thai war fillit with wonndring, and stonysing of mynde [1388 Wyclif stoniynge]. 1530Palsgr. 276/2 Stonnyshyng abashing, estonnissement. 1594R. C[arew] Tasso ii. xxi, T'was stonishment [It. orig. stupor]..If t'were not loue that stir'd his villaine hart. 1595Spenser Amoretti xvi, The whiles my stonisht hart stood in amaze. |