transfixturen.
/trɑːnsˈfɪkstjʊə//transˈfɪkstjʊə/ rare.
The condition of being transfixed or fixed to the spot with some feeling.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] > state of wonder > accompanied by stupefaction
excessa1387
astounedness1549
stound1567
astoniedness1580
stun1836
transfixture1886
mazement1901
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. xx. 278 Henchard waited—if that could be called a waiting which was a transfixture.
1955 W. de la Mare Beginning 215 In this transfixture, a single commonplace word came sallying nonchalantly up out of his memory.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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