单词 | stupefact |
释义 | stupefactadj. Chiefly Scottish in early use. rare after 17th cent. Originally: deprived of physical sensation; numbed. Later: in a state of astonishment, shock, etc. Cf. stupefied adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective] > and stunned astoned1297 mazeda1325 astonieda1375 clumseda1400 stupefact?a1425 astoundc1440 matedc1450 astonate1522 stupid1571 astounded1619 sparrow-blasteda1652 petrified1720 stupent1747 stounded1756 stupefied1790 stunned1845 shent1861 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > physically stupefied amazedOE astoundc1315 stonieda1340 dareda1400 dazedc1400 stupefact?a1425 adasedc1450 dolda1500 dazinga1533 dazzling1571 stupid1571 fordulled1591 entranced1594 torpid1656 damp1667 stuporous1712 rammista1838 stuporose1879 dazy1880 sent1940 like a stunned mullet1953 ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 161v in Middle Eng. Dict. at Stupefacte Stupefactiue medicines..make stupefacte oþer dulle þe felinge of þe member. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xi. 87 Of Troiane wemen the myndis worth agast, And all thair hartis sum deill stupifak [L. stupefactaque]. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 5 Bot ȝit i vas lang stupefact ande timide, for falt of ane peremptoir conclusione. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) l. 1460 in Shorter Poems (1967) 94 Thus in a stare quhy standis thou stupefak [c1579 Edinb. stupifak]? a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 378 They all maruell with stupifak myndis, to se your affaires sa vnkannely handled. a1657 W. Guild Throne of David (1659) (2 Sam. iv. 1–8) 92 Belshazzar made stupefact at his royall table. 1786 T. Holcroft Amourous Tale iv. 34 Two days did I remain stupefact and senseless, rather like unto a dead corps than a living creature, so deep was the despair of my soul. 1983 Thrust Nov. 39/3 The ‘call’ to publish seems to have been accepted and obeyed by stupefact generations of scholars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stupefactv. Now rare. transitive. To stupefy (in various senses); to dull or deaden (the senses, intellect, emotions, etc.); to stun, daze, or bewilder (a person). Also (and in earliest use) intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy swevec725 amazeOE mazec1390 dazea1400 fordulla1400 stupefy?a1425 dullc1440 entrance1569 damp1570 daunt1581 stupefact1583 trance1597 astound1600 mulla1616 doze1617 soporate1623 consopite1647 obstupefying1660 dozzlea1670 infatuate1712 smoor1718 silly1859 maizel1869 zombify1950 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy awhapec1300 stonyc1330 astony1340 astonec1374 mazec1390 stounda1400 stuna1400 to-stony?a1400 stounc1400 clumsec1440 overmusec1460 stonish1488 strike1533 dazzle1561 stoyne1563 stupefy1577 stupefact1583 obstupefy1611 astound1637 petrify1667 flabbergast1773 stagnatea1798 stama1800 swarf1813 boggle1835 razzle-dazzle1886 to knock sideways1890 stupend1900 gobsmack1987 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xvii. 102 You must eschew those thinges that doe stupefact and astony strongly, because they doe somewhat ease and mitigate, but they make the disease longer. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Allopiare, to bring or lull a sleepe by arte, by drugs or potions, to stupefact ones sences. 1609 I. Leslie in A. Gardyne Garden Grave & Godlie Flowres sig. av Therein thou maks blind and sensles see, Thy worthie worke, vnto my selfe a sight, That stupefacts my sense, delud's my eie, And yet it lens vnto my life a light. 1818 London Lit. Gaz. 31 Oct. 699/3 I was at a children's ball.., where I was more stupefacted than I can describe. Can anything be more unamusing..than to behold a parcel of little puppets popping about in a maze? 1902 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 478/2 The Nelsons couldn't make out what the noise was about and stood stupefacted, and in a minute the canoe rushed in on a private tidal wave. 1997 P. Bigelow in N. J. Cappelørn & J. Stewart Kierkegaard Revisited 330 Condemned as we are to now being dimwits, stupefacted by the banalities of our existence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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