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stupent
stupent
English
Adjective
stupent (comparative more stupent, superlative most stupent)
- (rare) Struck with stupor; stunned; dumbfounded; aghast.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VIII, Unworking Aristocracy
- Again and again, what shall we say of the Idle Aristocracy, the Owners of the Soil of England […] We will say mournfully, in the presence of Heaven and Earth, — that we stand speechless, stupent, and know not what to say!
- He stood there flabbergasted, stupent, as she walked out the door.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VIII, Unworking Aristocracy
References
- stupent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911