amazement

Etymology

amaze + -ment

noun

1. (uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.
   Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess
2. (countable, archaic) A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.
   Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they would not be so liable to those frights and amazements which distract and disturb them. 1682, Samuel Willard, The fiery tryal no strange thing, Boston: Samuel Sewell, page 16
   1791, "Character of the faithful Man," in Aphorisms concerning the Assurance of Faith, W. Young, Philadelphia, p. 60, In the midst of ill rumours and amazements, his countenance changeth not.
   Certain points, crises, certain feelings, joys, griefs and amazements, when reviewed, must strike us as things wildered and whirling. 1853, Charlotte Bronte, chapter 41, in Villette
3. (countable, dated) Something which amazes.
   So impossible did it seem that such an amazement of horse-flesh could ever be hers. 1913, Jack London, chapter 21, in The Valley of the Moon
   I believe the Urchin showed more enthusiasm over the stone and the robin than over any of the amazements that succeeded them. 1918, Christopher Morley, “The Urchin at the Zoo,”, in Mince Pie
4. (obsolete) Madness, frenzy.