amazedness

amazed·ness
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noun

The state or quality of being amazed.

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Meanings

nounamazedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being amazed.

    [V]pon a ſodaine, / As Falſtaffe, ſhe, and I, are newly met, / Let them [children dressed like "urchins, ouphes and fairies"] from forth a ſaw-pit ruſh at once / With ſome diffuſed ſong: Vpon their ſight / We two, in great amazedneſſe will flye: […]

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 56, column 1

Origin

From amazed + -ness.

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amazedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amazedness

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“amazedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amazedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amazedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amazedness.

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