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stu⋅por

  [stoo-per, styoo-]
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–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(ēre) to be numb or stunned + -or -or 1

Related forms:
stu⋅por⋅ous, adjective

Synonyms:
2. inertia, lethargy, daze.
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stu·por   (stōō'pər, styōō'-)   
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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Main Entry: stu·por·ous
Pronunciation: 'st(y)ü-p(&-)r&s
Function: adjective
: marked or affected by stupor stuporous and hallucinatory conditions are rare —Psychological Abstracts>
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