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# Causing [[wonder]] and [[amazement]]; possessing uniquely [[wonderful]] qualities. | # Causing [[wonder]] and [[amazement]]; possessing uniquely [[wonderful]] qualities. | ||
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+ | From Middle English amasen (“to bewilder, perplex”), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound”) from *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”), from Proto-Germanic *mas-, *masōną (“to confound, be weary, dream”), from Proto-Indo-European *mā- (“to stupefy”). Akin to Old Norse masa (“to struggle, be confused”), Ancient Greek μάτη (mátē, “folly”), μέμαα (mémaa, “I was eager”). More at automatic. | ||
+ | ==Namesakes== | ||
+ | *[[Amazing Grace]] | ||
+ | *[[Amazing Stories]] | ||
+ | *[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]] | ||
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Etymology
From Middle English amasen (“to bewilder, perplex”), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound”) from *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”), from Proto-Germanic *mas-, *masōną (“to confound, be weary, dream”), from Proto-Indo-European *mā- (“to stupefy”). Akin to Old Norse masa (“to struggle, be confused”), Ancient Greek μάτη (mátē, “folly”), μέμαα (mémaa, “I was eager”). More at automatic.
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