stupefy
Meaningto stun
Common meaning: to make unable to think
- stupto be stunned, amazedLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1769 · scan
- efyverb ending: to make
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin stupeō ‘to be stunned, amazed’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry stupeō, p. 1769 · dictionary scan
Roots
- stupeō Latin “to be stunned, amazed”
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