stound

English

/staʊnd/, /staʊnd/

noun
Definitions
  • (chronology) An hour.
  • (obsolete) A tide, season.
  • (archaic) A time, length of time, hour, while.
  • (archaic) A brief span of time, moment, instant.
  • A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
  • (dialectal) A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.
  • A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging
  • A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
  • Astonishment; amazement.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stond inherited from Old English stund (hour, a period of time, occasion, while, moment, time) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stundō (hour, point in time, while, time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

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Kanji

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