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Webster 1913 Edition
Stupor
Stu′por
,Noun.
[L., from
stupere
to be struck senseless.] 1.
Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
2.
Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one’s interests.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stupor
STUPOR
,Noun.
1.
Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense; numbness; as the stupor of a limb.2.
Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to ones interests.Definition 2024
stupor
stupor
English
Alternative forms
- stupour (obsolete)
Noun
stupor (plural stupors)
- A state of reduced consciousness or sensibility.
- A state in which one has difficulty in thinking or using one’s senses.
Related terms
Translations
a state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From stupeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstu.por/, [ˈstʊ.pɔr]
Noun
stupor m (genitive stupōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stupor | stupōrēs |
| genitive | stupōris | stupōrum |
| dative | stupōrī | stupōribus |
| accusative | stupōrem | stupōrēs |
| ablative | stupōre | stupōribus |
| vocative | stupor | stupōrēs |
Descendants
- French: stupeur
- Russian: ступор (stupor)
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stupor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.