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▪ I. astonishing, vbl. n.|əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
†a. Deprivation of sensation; paralysis, benumbment. Obs.
b. Dismaying. arch.
c. Surprised wonder.
1530Palsgr. 195/2 Astonysshing, estonnissement. 1563T. Hill Arte Garden. (1593) 95 The cramp, the Apoplexie, the astonishing and the trembling of the members. 1597Daniel Civ. Wares ii. lviii, He kneeles him downe with some astonishing. 1608Hieron Wks. I. 712/1 To the astonishing and amazement of the mightie. 1820Mair Tyro's Dict. (ed. 10) 6 Exanimatio, an astonishing, a disheartening.
▪ II. aˈstonishing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
†a. Stunning, benumbing, paralysing. Obs.
†b. Stupefying, confounding, bewildering. Obs.
c. Filling with wonder, surprising, wonderful.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1653, 52 Them that have convulsions, or any astonishing disease. 1628Earle Microcosm. vi. 15 Some astonishing bombast, which men only till they understand are scared with. 1690Locke Hum. Und. §4 What incredible and astonishing actions do we find..tumblers bring their bodies to. 1712Addison Spect. No. 315 ⁋9 Circumstances that are both credible and astonishing. 1795Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 296 It is an age of astonishing events. Nothing happens in the ordinary course. 1879B. Taylor Germ. Lit. 64 The marvelous legendary growths which collect around certain names, have an astonishing vitality. |