What Is The History For The Word Awesome?

This is about all I found outside of the definition and the fact that it is an adjective. Not sure if it is going to help but in reality it is a slang word so trying to dig down where it started and why Barney still uses it is any ones guess.

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20010315
 
Awesome was created in 1598 England, meaning something that inspires "Awe" (feeling of reverance/amazement... alternatively also meant fear which is less used). Awe + Some connected.

Its "Early modern English" - around the same period as Shakespeare and the King James Bible
The oldest meaning of "awesome" is "something which inspires awe", but the word is also a common slang expression in English. As the original meaning of awesome has become somewhat antiquated in general use, the term awe-inspiring is now generally used for the same meaning.

Derived terms:
awesomely
awesomeness
awesomest
Related terms:
awe-inspiring
awful
 
Awesome was created in 1598 England, meaning something that inspires "Awe" (feeling of reverance/amazement... alternatively also meant fear which is less used). Awe + Some connected.

Its "Early modern English" - around the same period as Shakespeare and the King James Bible
The oldest meaning of "awesome" is "something which inspires awe", but the word is also a common slang expression in English. As the original meaning of awesome has become somewhat antiquated in general use, the term awe-inspiring is now generally used for the same meaning.

Derived terms:
awesomely
awesomeness
awesomest
Related terms:
awe-inspiring
awful
 
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