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astound

/əsˈtaʊnd/uh-STOWND
/əsˈtaʊnd/uh-STOWND

Meaningto stun completely

Common meaning: greatly surprise

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishdstunian‘to stun completely’source
  2. Middle Englishastonen‘stun’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsstun → greatly surpriseastound‘greatly surprise’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English dstunian ‘to stun completely’.

Roots

  • dstunian Old English “to stun completely”

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