stupefacient

[ stoo-puh-fey-shuhnt, styoo- ]

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adjective

stupefying; producing stupor.

noun

a drug or agent that produces stupor.

Origin of stupefacient

1660–70; from Latin stupefacient- (stem of stupefaciēns ), present participle of stupefacere “to benumb”; see stupefy, -facient

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British Dictionary definitions for stupefacient

stupefacient

/ (ˌstjuːpɪˈfeɪʃɪənt) /

noun

a drug that causes stupor

adjective

of, relating to, or designating this type of drug

Origin of stupefacient

C17: from Latin stupefacere to make senseless, from stupēre to be stunned + facere to make

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