amazementn.

Brit.

/əˈmeɪzm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈmeɪzmənt/

Forms: 1500s amayzmente, 1500s–1700s amasement, 1500s– amazement, 1600s amasment, 1600s amaysement, 1600s amuzement.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: amaze v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < amaze v. + -ment suffix. Compare earlier amazedness n. and amaze n.

†1. Loss of one's wits or self-possession; mental stupefaction; perplexity; bewilderment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]

mingingOE

riddleOE

cumbermentc1300

willa1325

encumbrancec1330

were1338

perplexitya1393

discomfiturea1425

cumbrancec1460

confuse1483

proplexity1487

perplexion?c1500

amazedness?1520

amazement1553

subversion1558

amaze?1560

perplexednessa1586

confusedness1587

puzzle1599

confusion1600

mizmaze1604

discomfita1616

embarras1627

obfuscation1628

mystery1629

confoundedness1641

puzzledness1662

confuseness1710

puzzlement1731

puzzledom1748

embarrassment1751

puzzleation1767

bepuzzlement1806

conjecture1815

mystification1817

bewilderment1819

perplexment1826

fuddle1827

wilderment1830

discomforture1832

head-scratching1832

baffle1843

posement1850

muddlement1857

turbidity1868

fogging1878

bemuddlement1884

harl1889

befuddlement1905

turbidness1906

wuzziness1942

perplexability1999

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > mental prostration or paralysis

amazec1425

amazedness?1520

amazement1553

astonishment1611

mopedness1660

anergia1874

anergy1890

punch-drunkenness1928

slug-nuttiness1943

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 152^v The greateste thyng that encreased his sorowe, was the amasement of hys frendes [L. quod omnium amicorum animos videbat attonitos], when he sawe them shrinke from hym.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iii. 88 Behold destruction, frenzie, and amazement, Like witlesse antiques one another meete.

1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 50 A thing that can hardly be thought of without Confusion and Amazement.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 198 This Amazement of the Magistrates, proceeded rather from want of being able to apply any Means successfully, than from any unwillingness.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxii. 330 Julian..kindly raised him from the ground, and dispelled the terror and amazement which seemed to stupify his faculties.

2. Wonder or astonishment; great surprise. Also: an instance of this; a feeling of wonder or astonishment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun]

wonderc700

wonderingOE

ferlya1300

marvelc1330

stupora1398

admirationc1425

admirativec1487

amazement1576

mazement1580

stupefaction1592

amazedness1593

astonishment1594

stonishment1594

amaze1598

surprisal1652

staggerment1933

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [noun] > overwhelming

amazement1576

herolatry1771

hero worship1788

hero-worshipping1843

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 266 I fell into an admiration and amasement of minde, that for one mans cause, the whole citie should be troubled and disquieted.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts iii. 10 They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened vnto him.

1772 J. Wesley Jrnl. 12 Aug. (1805) XIV. 85 I preached at Salop, and spake strong words, to the amazement of many notional believers.

1802 C. Wilmot Jrnl. 3 Jan. in Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 22 My first impression was amazement, at beholding the women from 15 to 70 almost in a state of nature.

1898 S. Crane Blue Hotel in Collier's Weekly 26 Nov. 16/3 The cowboy's jaw had dropped in that expression of bovine amazement that was one of his important mannerisms.

1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria ii. 25 Her good, plain, thrifty German mind recoiled with horror and amazement from the shameless junketings at Carlton House.

1965 C. Himes Cotton comes to Harlem viii. 77 Harlemites, big and little, old and young,..stared in popeyed amazement.

2010 S. Junger War iii. iii. 228 To my amazement the place has started to carry the slight tang of home.

†3. Fear, panic, terror; (also) an instance of this; a sudden feeling of fear or alarm. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun] > consternation

enbaissingc1374

astonying1580

daunting1581

amazedness1587

amazement1590

astonishment1593

consternation1611

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension > overwhelming

amazement1590

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > fright caused by alarm > overwhelming

amazement1590

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H8^v Adding new Feare to his first amazement.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 28 To cast amazements and panick terrors into the hearts of weaker Christians.

1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) ii. §2. 98 Do not the french etonnement, and the english astonishment and amazement, point out as clearly the kindred emotions which attend fear and wonder?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amazement
释义	amazementn. Brit. /əˈmeɪzm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈmeɪzmənt/ Forms: 1500s amayzmente, 1500s–1700s amasement, 1500s– amazement, 1600s amasment, 1600s amaysement, 1600s amuzement. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: amaze v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < amaze v. + -ment suffix. Compare earlier amazedness n. and amaze n. †1. Loss of one's wits or self-possession; mental stupefaction; perplexity; bewilderment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > mental prostration or paralysis amazec1425 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 astonishment1611 mopedness1660 anergia1874 anergy1890 punch-drunkenness1928 slug-nuttiness1943 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 152^v The greateste thyng that encreased his sorowe, was the amasement of hys frendes [L. quod omnium amicorum animos videbat attonitos], when he sawe them shrinke from hym. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iii. 88 Behold destruction, frenzie, and amazement, Like witlesse antiques one another meete. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 50 A thing that can hardly be thought of without Confusion and Amazement. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 198 This Amazement of the Magistrates, proceeded rather from want of being able to apply any Means successfully, than from any unwillingness. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxii. 330 Julian..kindly raised him from the ground, and dispelled the terror and amazement which seemed to stupify his faculties. 2. Wonder or astonishment; great surprise. Also: an instance of this; a feeling of wonder or astonishment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] wonderc700 wonderingOE ferlya1300 marvelc1330 stupora1398 admirationc1425 admirativec1487 amazement1576 mazement1580 stupefaction1592 amazedness1593 astonishment1594 stonishment1594 amaze1598 surprisal1652 staggerment1933 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [noun] > overwhelming amazement1576 herolatry1771 hero worship1788 hero-worshipping1843 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 266 I fell into an admiration and amasement of minde, that for one mans cause, the whole citie should be troubled and disquieted. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts iii. 10 They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened vnto him. View more context for this quotation 1772 J. Wesley Jrnl. 12 Aug. (1805) XIV. 85 I preached at Salop, and spake strong words, to the amazement of many notional believers. 1802 C. Wilmot Jrnl. 3 Jan. in Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 22 My first impression was amazement, at beholding the women from 15 to 70 almost in a state of nature. 1898 S. Crane Blue Hotel in Collier's Weekly 26 Nov. 16/3 The cowboy's jaw had dropped in that expression of bovine amazement that was one of his important mannerisms. 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria ii. 25 Her good, plain, thrifty German mind recoiled with horror and amazement from the shameless junketings at Carlton House. 1965 C. Himes Cotton comes to Harlem viii. 77 Harlemites, big and little, old and young,..stared in popeyed amazement. 2010 S. Junger War iii. iii. 228 To my amazement the place has started to carry the slight tang of home. †3. Fear, panic, terror; (also) an instance of this; a sudden feeling of fear or alarm. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun] > consternation enbaissingc1374 astonying1580 daunting1581 amazedness1587 amazement1590 astonishment1593 consternation1611 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension > overwhelming amazement1590 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > fright caused by alarm > overwhelming amazement1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H8^v Adding new Feare to his first amazement. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 28 To cast amazements and panick terrors into the hearts of weaker Christians. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) ii. §2. 98 Do not the french etonnement, and the english astonishment and amazement, point out as clearly the kindred emotions which attend fear and wonder? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1553
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