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stupor

stu·por

UK/ˈstjuː.pə/ US/ˈstu.pɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

  • “his mother”
  • “;”
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2.

marginal consciousness

  • “his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion and by the blows”
  • “someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor”
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Origin

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.

Phrases

  • stupor mundi

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