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Webster 1913 Edition


Awe-stricken

Awe′-strickˊen

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Adj.
Awe-struck.

Definition 2024


awe-stricken

awe-stricken

See also: awestricken

English

Adjective

awe-stricken (comparative more awe-stricken, superlative most awe-stricken)

  1. Awe-struck.
    • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Chapter 25
      While the children, scarcely awake, awe-stricken at her manner, their eyes growing larger and larger, remained in this position, she took the baby from her bed.

References

  • awe-stricken in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913