Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

awestrike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: awestrike
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Behold the God himself, whose dreadful brow Awe-strikes the soul to speechless homage!"
"The idea of these “ladies” at first annoyed him; but the humble habitation which they had chosen—humble to poverty—impressed him with the belief that, however the “ladies” might awe-strike the Welsh peasantry, he should find in them nothing that would impress him with the idea of station."
"Ceremony is a scarecrow to awe-strike fools."

Etymology

Back-formation from awestruck. By surface analysis, awe + strike

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₂egʰ-

Usage

Inflected Forms

awestrikes (present, singular) awestriking (participle, present) awestruck (past) awestruck (participle, past) awestricken (participle, past)

Questions

What does awestrike mean?: To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.
Where does awestrike come from?: Back-formation from awestruck. By surface analysis, awe + strike

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