astonied

adjective /əˈstɒnid/

1. In shock or confusion; bewildered, astonished.

   archaic

   Then were assembled vnto me euery one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had bene caried away, and I sate astonied, vntill the euening sacrifice.

Where it comes from

Apparently from astony, astonie, from Old French estonner, from Vulgar Latin *extonare. Compare English astonish, of which this was claimed in olden sources to be the more "correct" (or at least Biblical) version of the word.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry astonied (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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