World of the word: awesome

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I love the words awesome a lot. I call a lot of things "awesome", and I say "awesome" for a lot of reasons. And I think awesome is just awesome. :) Check it out: it's awesome!

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awesome

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

• adj. Inspiring awe: an awesome thunderstorm.
• adj. Expressing awe: stood in awesome silence before the ancient ruins.
• adj. Slang Remarkable; outstanding: "a totally awesome arcade game" ( Los Angeles Times).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

• adj. Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
• adj. Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• adj. Causing awe; appalling; awful.
• adj. Expressive of awe or terror.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• Inspiring awe; awful: as, an awesome sight.
• Evidencing or expressive of terror.
• Also spelled awsome.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adj. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

Etymologies

Early Modern English 1590-1600, from awe + -some. Compare Old English eġeful ("fearful, inspiring awe"). (Wiktionary)

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