astonisher
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something that astonishes; an astonishing thing or event.
noun
Someone who astonishes.
noun
A short line of smaller type above (or sometimes below) the main headline of an article, usually placed flush-left.
American usage
noun
A headline or lead (introductory paragraph) designed to capture attention through a surprising statement.
Example Sentences
- "(colloquial)"
- "[…] the railroad between Leghorn and Pisa […] has already begun to astonish Italy with a precedent of punctuality, order, plain dealing, and improvement—the most dangerous and heretical astonisher of all."
- "1858, Abraham Lincoln, debate with Stephen A. Douglas on 10 July, 1858 in Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865, London: J.M. Dent and New York: Dutton, 1907, p. 88, It [this court decision] is the first of its kind; it is an astonisher in legal history; it is a new wonder of the world;"
- "He [the king pretending to be a peasant] was always frightening me, always breaking out with fresh astonishers, in new and unexpected places."
- "Well, if life were tragedy, it still was life, the ultimate astonisher."
- "[…] God, before whom all Nations are as nothing, thou Astonisher of all Flesh, thou art even too Wonderful for me,"
Etymology
From astonish + -er.
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage