Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Clipping of amazing.
Amazement, astonishment; (countable) an instance of this. · Fear, terror. · Stupefaction of the mind; bewilderment; (countable) an instance of this.
To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. · To stun or stupefy (someone). · To bewilder or perplex (someone or oneself). · To fill (someone) with panic; to panic, to terrify.
The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, *amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above.
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