• (n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement. • (n.) The object causing such an emotion. • (n.) Dismay; consternation. • (n.) The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of ... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/astonishment/
As·ton'ish·ment noun [ Confer Old French estonnement , French étonnement .] 1. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [ Obsolete] « A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/136