astonishment

1. (obsolete) Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.Examples: "[…] there followeth astonishment of the leg that is neere, that it can neither be stretched out right, nor he cannot go on his feet."; "[…] whosoever maketh water in the same place where a dog hath newly pissed, so as both vrines be mingled together, shall immediatly find a coldnesse and astonishment in his loines,"Synonyms: paralysis, numbnesscountableobsoleteuncountable

2. (obsolete) Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.Examples: "Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment."; "Upon the Stage he so charmed the people into astonishment with his babble, that he made them buy off amain his Drugs;"Synonyms: stuporcountableobsoleteuncountable

3. (obsolete) Loss of composure or presence of mind.Examples: "[…] where of his cruell rage Nigh dead with feare, and faint astonishment, Shee found them both in darkesome corner pent;"; "[…] as when a man ignorant of the Ceremonies of Court, comming into the presence of a greater Person than he is used to speak to, and stumbling at his entrance, to save himselfe from falling, lets slip his Cloake; to recover his Cloake, lets fall his Hat; and with one disorder after another, discovers his astonishment and rusticity."Synonyms: consternation, dismaycountableobsoleteuncountable