Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AW'FUL-NESS
AW'FUL-NESS, n.
- The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
- The state of being struck with awe. A help to prayer, producing in us reverence and awfulness. Taylor. [Not legitimate.]
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