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amazing

verb
/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/UK

Etymology

From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.

  1. inherited from āmasian

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of amaze

    • Falling into her uſual Trance, ſhe at that inſtant wrought their Fancies to be perſuaded of the confuſed Articulation of Multitudes met as in a Fair, converſing and making a chattering, to the amazing of them all.
    • How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world
    • Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far.

  2. Causing wonder and amazement

    Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.

    • “It’s been amazing, the amount of emails and congratulations,” the Snow White and the Huntsman star, 36, told Ryan Seacrest Friday on his radio show.

  3. Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities

    Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good.

    • “I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says.
    • 2014, November 8, Nick McCarvel, "Wozniacki's marathon debut was amazing, Djokovic says", USA TODAY Sports "Running a marathon is definitely an amazing experience."

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Derived

amazingish, amazingly, amazingness, awesomazing, unamazing

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at amazing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01amazing02uniquely03unique04unmatched05matched06ellipsis07scenes08incredible

A definitional loop anchored at amazing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at amazing

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA