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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-832/
- Published: 2022-05-10T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-12T18:19:36.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

awe (noun, verb):  
n*oun*  
1 : an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime  
*2 archaic* a : dread, terror  
b : the power to inspire dread

*verb*  
: to inspire or fill with awe

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awe?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : *Noun*

Middle English aw, awe, ahe “terror, dread, extreme reverence, veneration, something to be feared, danger,” borrowed from Old Norse agi, accusative aga “terror, uproar,” n-stem derivative from a Germanic base \*ag- seen in the s-stem noun \*agaz (whence Old English ege “fear, terror” \[with assimilation to i-stems\], Gothic agis) and a verbal derivative \*agisojan- (whence Old High German egison “to fear,” Middle Dutch eisen) and a corresponding noun derivative \*agisan- (whence Old English egesa, egsa “fear, terror,” Old Saxon egiso, Old High German agiso, egiso); Germanic \*agaz perhaps going back to Indo-European \*hegh-os, whence also Greek áchos “pain, distress”

*Verb*

Middle English awen “to terrify, overawe,” derivative of awe “terror

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