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单词 stupefactive
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stupefactiveadj.n.

Brit. /ˌstjuːpᵻˈfaktɪv/, /ˌstʃuːpᵻˈfaktɪv/, U.S. /ˌst(j)upəˈfæktɪv/
Forms: late Middle English stupefacris (plural, transmission error), late Middle English stupefactif, late Middle English stupefactyue, late Middle English stupifactyue, late Middle English–1600s stupefactiue, 1500s stupefactyfe, 1500s stuperfactiue, 1500s stupifactiue, 1600s stuperfactive, 1600s–1700s stupifactive, 1600s– stupefactive.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin stupefactivus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin stupefactivus that tends to stun or stupefy, inducing stupor (from 13th cent. in British sources; 1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin stupefact- , past participial stem of stupefacere stupefy v. + -īvus -ive suffix.Compare Middle French stupefactif, French stupéfactif (late 14th cent. as adjective, late 16th cent. as noun), Spanish estupefactivo (early 15th cent. as adjective and noun).
A. adj.
1. Medicine. That causes loss or impairment of physical sensation or consciousness (cf. stupor n. 1a); †analgesic (obsolete); narcotic. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > sedative, narcotic, or hypnotic
stupefactive?a1425
sedativec1425
narcotic1526
opiate1543
narcotical1587
soporiferous1601
hypnotic1625
soporative1629
pacative1664
opiative1674
opiatic1678
thebaic1746
soporific1775
narcotico-acrid1815
depressant1887
opiumy1891
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > physically stupefied > physically stupefying
dazingc1400
stupefactive?a1425
stupefying1585
obstupefactive1605
stupefacient1669
intoxicative1676
stuporific1771
instupefying1834
obstupefacient1857
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 171v (MED) It bihoueþ for to passe to stupefactiuez [?c1425 Paris slepynge] sedatiuez [L. sedancia stupefactiva] which..semyngly ceseþ aking.
c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 126 (MED) Summen þat vsen surgerie to woundid men ȝeuen hem medicyns stupefactif for þei schulden haue noon akþe.
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. vii. f. C.xxviv/2 Yf there be vehement gryef, than ye shall applye thynges aboute the vlcere that be stupefactiue.
1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized i. vi. 57 Opium and such like stupifactive ingredients.
1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 524 Those [sc. poisons] of the vegetable kind are generally of a narcotic or stupefactive quality.
1797 London Compl. Art Cookery 219 Cocculus Indicus..is poisonous, stupefactive, and unlawful.
1871 A. Calkins Opium & Opium-appetite i. 27 Myrrhated and absinthiated liquors were employed of old for their recognized stupefactive powers.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 1075/4 Waugh wrongly thought that she knew all about his habit of sluicing himself with stupefactive drugs.
2. That causes shock or astonishment; = stupefying adj. 3. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > stunning
stupendiousa1549
obstupefactive1605
stounding1608
stupendous1618
stupend1621
stunning1667
stupefactive1689
stupefying1870
reeling1896
drop-dead1962
1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 45 What dire Catastrophe's impending are? What stupefactive things we daily hear?
1923 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 8 Nov. 2/2 Such reasoning is stupefactive!
1944 O. Sitwell Left Hand Right Hand! I. ii. iii. 139 My grandfather had..arranged it, taking infinite pains to secure the photograph and secrete it in the best place, whence it was sure to drop out at the most stupefactive moment.
3. Extremely dull, tiresome, or boring.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
1970 D. Roy in R. W. Habenstein Pathways to Data xii. 217 There are manifold activities, particularly those of interest to an industrial sociologist, in which participation can be stupefactive.
1986 J. A. Black & F. W. English What they don't tell you in Schools Educ. about School Admin. xvii. 213 We've been impressed by their [sc. curriculum guides] bulk, their vapidity, and their stupefactive impact on teachers.
2001 Kirkus Rev. 15 Aug. It is worth his stupefactive waxing before the sheer glory of the place to have these unvarnished moments of pure exhilaration.
B. n.
A drug or other agent that causes loss or impairment of physical sensation or consciousness; †an analgesic (obsolete); a narcotic. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > stupefying drug
stupefactive?a1425
stupefaction1651
stupefacient1661
stupefier1661
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 161v in Middle Eng. Dict. at Stupefactif Þes ben þo stupefactiues: Opium, mandragge, grete morel..hennebanes..& alle maner of popies.
a1475 tr. Gilbertus Anglicus Pharmaceutical Writings (Wellcome) (1991) 165 (MED) If þe ache ceesiþ not by alle þes medicines, þen worche with stupefactiues, as with henbane and opium.
1668 E. Reynolds Serm. White-hall 24 Thereby teaching us..to refuse any Anodynes or Stupefactives which might take away the sense of sinne from us.
1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. i. 44 One of the most common faults of nurses is to dose children with stupifactives.
1838 York Herald 30 June Pernicious stupefactives, whose basis is laudanum or other opiates, are constantly administered to tender infants, especially among the poorer classes.
1992 L. E. Voigts & R. P. Hudson in S. D. Campbell et al. Health, Dis. & Healing in Medieval Culture iii. 46 The drink called dwale may have been the very sort of stupefactive that the London surgeon cautioned against.

Derivatives

stupefactiveness n. Obsolete rare After Middle English apparently only in dictionaries.
ΚΠ
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 39 In akyng of yen be þer ministred medecenez hauyng litel of narcocitee or stupifactyuenez [?c1425 Paris dullenesse; L. sedantia], cesyng þe prickyng.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Stupefactiveness, stupefying quality.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Stupefactiveness, a tendency to stupefaction, the quality which induces stupefaction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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