stupor
[stoo-per, styoo-]
- suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- mental torpor; apathy; stupefaction.
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Origin of stupor
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: astonishment, insensibility, equivalent to stup(ēre) to be numb or stunned + -or -or1
Synonyms
See more synonyms for stupor on Thesaurus.com2. inertia, lethargy, daze.
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Historical Examples
Meta S. (Case 15) claimed that while stuporous her tongue would not move.
Benign StuporsAugust Hoch
The stuporous face is empty, that of the other lined with melancholy.
Benign StuporsAugust Hoch
August, 1907:—Has been again in a stuporous state for four days.
Studies in Forensic PsychiatryBernard Glueck
The next stage is reached where the stuporous case can be stood upon his feet but cannot be induced to walk.
Benign StuporsAugust Hoch
In 24 hours she woke up, began to sing "Rest for the Weary," prayed, then was stuporous again for six hours.
Benign StuporsAugust Hoch
stupor
- a state of unconsciousness
- mental dullness; torpor
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin, from stupēre to be aghast
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Word Origin and History for stuporous
stupor
n.
late 14c., from Latin stupor "insensibility, numbness, dullness," from stupere "be stunned" (see stupid).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
stupor
(stōō′pər)- A state of impaired consciousness characterized by a marked diminution in the capacity to react to environmental stimuli.
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