- awesome (adj.)
- 1590s, "profoundly reverential," from awe (n.) + -some (1). Meaning "inspiring awe" is from 1670s; weakened colloquial sense of "impressive, very good" is recorded by 1961 and was in vogue from after c. 1980. Related: Awesomely; awesomeness.
- awestruck (adj.)
- 1630s, "overwhelmed by reverential fear," from awe (n.) + struck (see strike (v.)).
- Sulawesi
- see Celebes.