2. Expressive of awe or terror.
[1913 Webster]
An awesome glance up at the auld castle. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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awesome — (adj.) 1590s, profoundly reverential, from AWE (Cf. awe) + SOME (Cf. some). Meaning inspiring awe is from 1670s; weakened colloquial sense of impressive, very good is recorded by 1961 and was in vogue from after c.1980. Related: Awesomely;… … Etymology dictionary
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