thunderstricken

== English == === Etymology === From thunder +‎ stricken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθʌndəɹˌstɹɪkən/ === Verb === thunderstricken past participle of thunderstrike === Adjective === thunderstricken (comparative more thunderstricken, superlative most thunderstricken) Thunderstruck. 1590, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 2, Chapter 2, p. 104,[1] […] I sawe straight, Maiesty (sitting in the throne of Beautie) draw foorth such a sworde of iust disdaine, that I remayned as a man thunder-striken; not daring, no not able, to beholde that power.