■ verb surprise or impress greatly.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
~ment noun
Origin
C16: from obs. astone 'stun, stupefy', from OFr. estoner , based on L. ex- 'out' + tonare 'to thunder'.
■ verb surprise or impress greatly.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
~ment noun
Origin
C16: from obs. astone 'stun, stupefy', from OFr. estoner , based on L. ex- 'out' + tonare 'to thunder'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004