α. late Middle English agastid, 1500s–1600s agasted, 1700s– aghasted, 1800s egasted (Irish English (Wexford)).
β. 1500s–1600s agasht, 1600s–1700s agashed.
γ. 1600s aghasht.
单词 | aghasted |
释义 | aghastedadj.α. late Middle English agastid, 1500s–1600s agasted, 1700s– aghasted, 1800s egasted (Irish English (Wexford)). β. 1500s–1600s agasht, 1600s–1700s agashed. γ. 1600s aghasht. Now rare (nonstandard in later use). In early use: †frightened, terrified (cf. agast v.) (obsolete). Later: filled with shock or horror; made aghast. Cf. aghast adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > [adjective] affrightOE ofgrisea1200 adreadc1225 ofgasta1300 aghastc1300 dreadc1300 dreadfula1325 dreadya1325 forfrighteda1325 frightfula1325 gasta1382 dareda1400 aghasteda1425 mazed1493 awfula1522 agazed1557 flaited1565 terrifiedc1586 gastereda1644 scarified1895 a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Magdalene Coll. Cambr.) (1850) Luke xxiv. 37 Agastid [c1384 Douce 369(2) Thei troublid and agast, gessiden hem to se a spirit]. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 699/1 The torments woulde make vs agasted [printed agashed]. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 35 Then shiuering moothers throgh court doo wander agasted. 1683 Elegy on Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury (new ed.) (single sheet) May Thy tormented Ghost walk a large round,..Till Carolina shall agasted stand. 1739 Universal Hist. IV. ii. xi. 73 He opened his wound with his hands, tore out his bowels, and flung them at his aghasted enemies. 1848 L. D. H. Zabranhi Heaven upon Earth vi. 246 Her [sc. Poland's] shade, to the terror of aghasted Europe,..winds her mournful whisper to us,—Avenge me! 1951 Hammond (Indiana) Times 15 Nov. 27/3 [The Prosecutor] displayed a blood-stained shirt with bullet holes in the back before an aghasted Quinton L. Woods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1425 |
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