stupor
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English
Alternative forms
- stupour (obsolete)
Etymology
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstjuː.pə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstu.pɚ/, /ˈstju.pɚ/
Audio (General American): (file)
- Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Noun
stupor (countable and uncountable, plural stupors)
- A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
- A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
- Synonym: daze
Related terms
Translations
state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
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state of apathy or torpor
Verb
stupor (third-person singular simple present stupors, present participle stuporing, simple past and past participle stupored) (transitive)
- To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
References
- “stupor”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “stupor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From stupeō (“to be struck senseless, be stunned, be astonished”) + -or (nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstu.por/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstu.por/,
Noun
stupor m (genitive stupōris); third declension
- Numbness; dullness, insensibility, stupidity, stupefaction; astonishment, wonder, amazement.
- Synonym: torpor
- (especially) Dullness, stupidity, stolidity.
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stupor | stupōrēs |
| Genitive | stupōris | stupōrum |
| Dative | stupōrī | stupōribus |
| Accusative | stupōrem | stupōrēs |
| Ablative | stupōre | stupōribus |
| Vocative | stupor | stupōrēs |
Derived terms
- stupōrātus (adjective)
Descendants
Descendants
References
- “stupor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stupor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stupor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stupor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish
Noun
stupor