stuporousadj.
/ˈstjuːp(ə)rəs/, /ˈstʃuːp(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈst(j)upərəs/ Affected with stupor (stupor n. 1); of the nature of or characterized by stupor. Cf. stuporose adj.
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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
1712 J. White De Recta Sanguinis Missione v. 105 He was Stuporous two or three days.
1862 Lancet 5 Apr. 352/1 Had a better night; answers questions more readily..; is tranquil, but still stuporous.
1883 E. C. Spitzka Insanity ii. v. 158 Stuporous insanity consists in the simple impairment or suspension of the mental energies, unmarked by any emotional or other perversion.
1968 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 7 Dec. 1099/1 The patient with hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma usually presents in a stuporous, semicomatose or comatose state.
2012 D. Quammen Spillover xvi. 94 Most of the nonsurvivors died stuporous and in shock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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