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awe

Pronunciation: /ɔː/

The English word “awe” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A feeling of fear and reverence.
  2. A feeling of amazement.
  3. Power to inspire awe.
  4. A bucket (blade) attached to water wheels.

verb

  1. To inspire fear and reverence in.
  2. To control by inspiring dread.

Etymology

From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.

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