stound C2+ Topic:Communication US /staʊnd/ UK /staʊnd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an archaic word for a moment, sharp pang, or time of trial In that brief stound she felt the full weight of her loss. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an archaic word for a... momentpangwhileinstantthrob Word family Related forms stun Etymology AI details From Old English 'stund', a fixed period of time, a moment, from Proto-Germanic '*stundō', a point of time; later also a sharp pang. stund Old English *stundō Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Communication Register & Style External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # stound **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /staʊnd/ **IPA (UK):** /staʊnd/ ## Meanings 1. an archaic word for a moment, sharp pang, or time of trial ## Examples - In that brief stound she felt the full weight of her loss. ## Synonyms - moment - pang - while - instant - throb ## Related Forms - stun ## Roots and Affixes - Root: stund - Root: *stundō ## Etymology From Old English 'stund', a fixed period of time, a moment, from Proto-Germanic '*stundō', a point of time; later also a sharp pang. ## AI Etymology Stound comes from Old English 'stund', a fixed period of time, a moment, from Proto-Germanic '*stundō', a point of time; later also a sharp pang. The historical chain includes Old English stund and Proto-Germanic *stundō. The quoted older senses, "stund" and "*stundō", supply the semantic anchors for stound. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word stound carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "an archaic word for a moment, sharp pang, or time of trial". Related English forms include stun. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Communication - Register & Style markdown