Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Amazement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amazement \A*maze"ment\, n.
1. The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.];
overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear,
horror, or admiration.
His words impression left Of much amazement.
--Milton.
2. Frenzy; madness. [Obs.] --Webster (1661).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amazement
n : the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising;
"he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: {astonishment}]
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