单词 | astoundment |
释义 | astoundmentn. The condition of being stricken with amazement; profound astonishment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] > state of wonder wonderc1290 ecstasyc1384 mazednessc1395 study?1397 mazec1425 wonderfulness1532 wonderment1535 gape1712 astoundment1810 marvelment1823 jouissance1968 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 260 In wonder, says Aristotle, does philosophy begin: and in astoundment, says Plato, does all true philosophy finish. 1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 190 The fountains..which I have made..to the astoundment of the young urchins my contemporaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1810 |
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