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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1764

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†ASTOUND, ppl.adj. Stunned. Now archaic in Mod.Eng. and with weakened meaning = amazed.Sc. 1764 W. H. in Scots Mag. XXVI. 197:
Astound he stood; for in his limbs There was nae power at a'.

[O.Sc. astune, pa.t. astunyt = were amazed, astonate, astonade, pa.p. = astounded. O.Fr. estoner, estuner, estouner; Mod.Fr. étonner; from Lat. ex and tonāre, to thunder. Cf. Lat. attonāre, to strike with a thunderbolt, to stun.]

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