stupefactive
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of stupefactive
1520–30; < Medieval Latin stupefactīvus, equivalent to Latin stupefact ( us ) ( stupefaction ) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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The conclusion of Dr. Balthazard's lengthy and most painstaking report was that "toxicological examination of the viscera... did not reveal any traces of narcotic or stupefactive.'"
From Project Gutenberg
With endless draughts of stupefactive wine “Aphidas lay, 'mid all the raging noise “Unrous'd; and grasping in his languid hand “A ready-mingled bowl: stretch'd was he seen, “On a rough bear-skin, brought from Ossa's hill.
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