obstupefaction

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English

Etymology

Latin obstupefacere (“to stupefy”).

Noun

obstupefaction (uncountable)

(obsolete) stupefaction
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ . Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: T B for H. Mosley , →OCLC:
  what a black kind of obstupefaction

References

“obstupefaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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