Stupefy
(Stu"pe*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stupefied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stupefying ] [F. stupéfier, fr. L.
stupere to be stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See Stupid, Fact, and cf. Stupefacient.]
[Written also stupify, especially in England.]
1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to
make torpid.
The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.
South. 2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupefied.
Bacon. Stupendous
(Stu*pen"dous) a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished
at. Cf. Stupid.] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a
stupendous pile. "A stupendous sum." Macaulay.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole.
Pope. — Stu*pen"dous*ly, adv. — Stu*pen"dous*ness, n.
Stupeous
(Stu"pe*ous) a. [L. stupa, or better stuppa, tow; cf. L. stuppeus made of tow. Cf. Stupose.]
Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose.
Stupid
(Stu"pid) a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. stupide.]
1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; — said of
persons.
O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . .
As to forsake the living God!
Milton.
With wild surprise,
A moment stupid, motionless he stood.
Thomson. 2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; — said of things.
Observe what loads of stupid rhymes
Oppress us in corrupted times.
Swift. Syn. — Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish; sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. — Stu"pid*ly adv. —
Stu"pid*ness, n.
Stupidity
(Stu*pid"i*ty) n. [L. stupiditas: cf. F. stupidité.]
1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [R.]
A stupidity
Past admiration strikes me, joined with fear.
Chapman. Stupify
(Stu"pi*fy) v. t. See Stupefy.
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.
