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stu·por    Audio Help   [stoo-per, styoo-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
2.mental torpor; apathy; stupefaction.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L: astonishment, insensibility, equiv. to stup(ére) to be numb or stunned + -or -or1]

stu·por·ous, adjective

2. inertia, lethargy, daze.
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stu·por    Audio Help   (stōō'pər, styōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A state of reduced or suspended sensibility.
  2. A state of mental numbness, as that resulting from shock; a daze. See Synonyms at lethargy.


[Middle English, from Latin, from stupēre, to be stunned.]

stu'por·ous adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
stupor 
1398, from L. stupor "insensibility, numbness, dullness," from stupere "be stunned" (see stupid).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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stupor

noun
1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze
2. marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor" [syn: grogginess

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
stupor [ˈstjuːpə] noun
a half-conscious, dazed or bewildered condition caused by eg alcohol, drugs, shock etc
Example: He was in a drunken stupor.
Arabic: خَبَل، غُيْبوبَه، خَدَر
Chinese (Simplified): 昏迷
Chinese (Traditional): 昏迷
Czech: ztuhnutí, otupění
Danish: døs
Dutch: bedwelming
Estonian: uim(astus)
Finnish: tokkura
French: stupeur
German: die Benommenheit
Greek: αποχαύνωση
Hungarian: kábulat
Icelandic: sljóleiki; hálfmeðvitundarleysi
Indonesian: karena mabuk
Italian: stupore; stordimento
Japanese: 無感覚状態
Korean: 인사불성, 마비, 혼수
Latvian: stupors; apstulbums
Lithuanian: apsvaigimas, nustėrimas, sustingimas
Norwegian: sløvhetstilstand, døs
Polish: otępienie, odrętwienie
Portuguese (Brazil): estupor
Portuguese (Portugal): entorpecimento
Romanian: stu­poare
Russian: оцепенение
Slovak: omámenosť
Slovenian: otopelost
Spanish: estupor
Swedish: halv medvetslöshet, omtöcknat tillstånd
Turkish: sersemlik, sersemleme
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stu·por (stpr, sty-)
n.

A state of impaired consciousness characterized by a marked diminution in the capacity to react to environmental stimuli.

stupor·ous adj.

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Main Entry: stu·por
Pronunciation: 'st(y)ü-p&r
Function: noun
: a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility <a drunken stupor>; specifically : a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness

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Stupor

Stu"por\, n. [L., from stupere to be struck senseless.]

1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.

2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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