CONSTERNATION
\kɒnstənˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɒnstənˈeɪʃən], \k_ɒ_n_s_t_ə_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONSTERNATION
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. [Latin] Amazement or terror which confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for thought or action; amazement; perturbation.
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Astonishment, amazement, terrour, dread.
By Thomas Sheridan
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