ASTOUNDMENT

Etymology

Noun

astoundment (uncountable)

amazement

With what astoundment would ye, if ye were alive with your merely human perfections, listen to the creed of our, so called, rational religionists!

Source: Wiktionary


As*tound"ment, n.

Definition: Amazement. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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