stultifyv.

/ˈstʌltɪfʌɪ/

Etymology: < late Latin stultificāre, < stultus foolish, fool: see -fy suffix.

1. transitive. Law. To allege or prove to be of unsound mind: esp. reflexive, to allege one's own insanity in order to evade some responsibility.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (transitive)] > declare mad

stultify1766

to condemn to straw1779

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (reflexive)] > declare mad

stultify1766

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xix. 291 It hath been said, that a non compos himself, though he be afterwards brought to a right mind, shall not be permitted to allege his own insanity in order to avoid such grant: for that no man shall be allowed to stultify himself, or plead his own disability.

1832 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law (ed. 2) II. xxxix. 451 The principle..that a man shall not be heard to stultify himself, has been properly exploded.

a. To cause to be or appear foolish, ridiculous, or absurdly inconsistent; to reduce to foolishness or absurdity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > make foolish or a fool of [verb (transitive)]

bedotec1385

fona1425

fool1608

to put the ass (also fool) upon (also on)1617

stultify1809

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > make absurd [verb (transitive)]

stultify1809

clown1891

fantasticate1936

1809 European Mag. 55 19 This able senator..did not..hesitate to tell his majesty's ministers, that..they had become completely stultified.

1810 Duke of Wellington in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers 20 Dec. (1884) I The licentiousness of the press..[has] gone near to stultify the people of England.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xviii. 269 I to quash my convictions, to stultify my book, for the sake of popularity, money, patronage!

1871 Daily News 24 Aug. This witness, however, stultified himself by admitting that he was too far off to hear what Clement said.

b. To render nugatory, worthless, or useless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil

false?c1225

confoundc1315

blenk?a1400

matea1400

interrupt1464

blench1485

fruster?a1513

frustrate?a1513

infatuate1533

disappoint1545

prevent1555

foila1564

blank1566

thwart1581

confute1589

dispurpose1607

shorten1608

foola1616

vain1628

balk1635

throwa1650

scotch1654

bafflea1674

crossbar1680

transverse1770

tomahawk1773

throttle1825

wreck1855

stultify1865

derail1889

to pull the plug1923

rank1924

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] > render vain

futilize1766

stultify1865

1865 Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 4/6 The Bermondsey guardians took upon themselves utterly to ignore and stultify this law.

1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. vi. 112 The blind folly of his servants had stultified his efforts.

3. To regard as a fool or as foolish. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > make foolish or a fool of [verb (transitive)] > regard as foolish

stultify1820

1820 Hazlitt Lect. Lit. Age Eliz. (1884) i. 4 The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own.

Derivatives

ˈstultifier n. rare one who stultifies.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1855 H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang. Stultifier.

ˈstultifying adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adjective] > causing to appear

stultificating1693

stultifying1826

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 173 Affirming most absurdly, and under the most stultifying blindness of mind, that [etc.].

1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xviii. 324 A stultifying inconsistency in historical interpretation.

Draft additions 1993

To render useless, inoperative, ineffective, or futile; to deprive of freedom of action or originality; to frustrate, to stifle, to neutralize.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > make inactive [verb (transitive)]

unactive1639

stun1700

unmechanize1761

paralyse1764

hang1778

benumb1789

inactivate1901

disable1932

stultify1958

deactivate1970

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)

shendOE

whelvec1000

allayOE

ofdrunkenc1175

quenchc1175

quashc1275

stanchc1315

quella1325

slockena1340

drenchc1374

vanquishc1380

stuffa1387

daunt?a1400

adauntc1400

to put downa1425

overwhelmc1425

overwhelvec1450

quatc1450

slockc1485

suppressa1500

suffocate1526

quealc1530

to trample under foot1530

repress1532

quail1533

suppress1537

infringe1543

revocate1547

whelm1553

queasom1561

knetcha1564

squench1577

restinguish1579

to keep down1581

trample1583

repel1592

accable1602

crush1610

to wrestle down?1611

chokea1616

stranglea1616

stifle1621

smother1632

overpower1646

resuppress1654

strangulate1665

instranglea1670

to choke back, down, in, out1690

to nip or crush in the bud1746

spiflicate1749

squasha1777

to get under1799

burke1835

to stamp out1851

to trample down1853

quelch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

smash1865

garrotte1878

scotch1888

douse1916

to drive under1920

stomp1936

stultify1958

1958 A. D. Booth in Aspects of Transl. 90 It was possible to obtain the services of young professional linguists whose ideas had not, through channelization, been so stultified as to make them incapable of appreciating the new techniques.

1975 Economist 24 May 107/1 Curiosity and originality are stultified. Problems are assumed to have simple answers.

1979 Washington Post 6 May (Mag. section) 39/1 Absolutely everyone is drinking a peculiar looking brown punch that turns out to be muscat wine and Coke... It stultifies the taste buds.

1985 V. S. Pritchett Man of Letters 165 Novelists who have attacked the conventions because they stultify the spirit.

Draft additions 1993

ˈstultifyingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adverb] > thwarting

stultifyingly1966

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > in a manner that renders futile

stultifyingly1966

1966 Times 28 Mar. (Austral. Suppl.) p. xii/6 It..conforms stultifyingly to a university revue format.

1984 National Rev. (U.S.) 27 Jan. 56/3 On top of all this comes a score that's stultifyingly ponderous enough to knock out a herd of oxen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	stultify
释义	stultifyv. /ˈstʌltɪfʌɪ/ Etymology: < late Latin stultificāre, < stultus foolish, fool: see -fy suffix. 1. transitive. Law. To allege or prove to be of unsound mind: esp. reflexive, to allege one's own insanity in order to evade some responsibility. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (transitive)] > declare mad stultify1766 to condemn to straw1779 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (reflexive)] > declare mad stultify1766 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xix. 291 It hath been said, that a non compos himself, though he be afterwards brought to a right mind, shall not be permitted to allege his own insanity in order to avoid such grant: for that no man shall be allowed to stultify himself, or plead his own disability. 1832 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law (ed. 2) II. xxxix. 451 The principle..that a man shall not be heard to stultify himself, has been properly exploded. 2. a. To cause to be or appear foolish, ridiculous, or absurdly inconsistent; to reduce to foolishness or absurdity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > make foolish or a fool of [verb (transitive)] bedotec1385 fona1425 fool1608 to put the ass (also fool) upon (also on)1617 stultify1809 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > make absurd [verb (transitive)] stultify1809 clown1891 fantasticate1936 1809 European Mag. 55 19 This able senator..did not..hesitate to tell his majesty's ministers, that..they had become completely stultified. 1810 Duke of Wellington in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers 20 Dec. (1884) I The licentiousness of the press..[has] gone near to stultify the people of England. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xviii. 269 I to quash my convictions, to stultify my book, for the sake of popularity, money, patronage! 1871 Daily News 24 Aug. This witness, however, stultified himself by admitting that he was too far off to hear what Clement said. b. To render nugatory, worthless, or useless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil false?c1225 confoundc1315 blenk?a1400 matea1400 interrupt1464 blench1485 fruster?a1513 frustrate?a1513 infatuate1533 disappoint1545 prevent1555 foila1564 blank1566 thwart1581 confute1589 dispurpose1607 shorten1608 foola1616 vain1628 balk1635 throwa1650 scotch1654 bafflea1674 crossbar1680 transverse1770 tomahawk1773 throttle1825 wreck1855 stultify1865 derail1889 to pull the plug1923 rank1924 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] > render vain futilize1766 stultify1865 1865 Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 4/6 The Bermondsey guardians took upon themselves utterly to ignore and stultify this law. 1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. vi. 112 The blind folly of his servants had stultified his efforts. 3. To regard as a fool or as foolish. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > make foolish or a fool of [verb (transitive)] > regard as foolish stultify1820 1820 Hazlitt Lect. Lit. Age Eliz. (1884) i. 4 The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own. Derivatives ˈstultifier n. rare one who stultifies.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1855 H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang. Stultifier. ˈstultifying adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adjective] > causing to appear stultificating1693 stultifying1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 173 Affirming most absurdly, and under the most stultifying blindness of mind, that [etc.]. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xviii. 324 A stultifying inconsistency in historical interpretation. Draft additions 1993 To render useless, inoperative, ineffective, or futile; to deprive of freedom of action or originality; to frustrate, to stifle, to neutralize. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > make inactive [verb (transitive)] unactive1639 stun1700 unmechanize1761 paralyse1764 hang1778 benumb1789 inactivate1901 disable1932 stultify1958 deactivate1970 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 1958 A. D. Booth in Aspects of Transl. 90 It was possible to obtain the services of young professional linguists whose ideas had not, through channelization, been so stultified as to make them incapable of appreciating the new techniques. 1975 Economist 24 May 107/1 Curiosity and originality are stultified. Problems are assumed to have simple answers. 1979 Washington Post 6 May (Mag. section) 39/1 Absolutely everyone is drinking a peculiar looking brown punch that turns out to be muscat wine and Coke... It stultifies the taste buds. 1985 V. S. Pritchett Man of Letters 165 Novelists who have attacked the conventions because they stultify the spirit. Draft additions 1993 ˈstultifyingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adverb] > thwarting stultifyingly1966 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > in a manner that renders futile stultifyingly1966 1966 Times 28 Mar. (Austral. Suppl.) p. xii/6 It..conforms stultifyingly to a university revue format. 1984 National Rev. (U.S.) 27 Jan. 56/3 On top of all this comes a score that's stultifyingly ponderous enough to knock out a herd of oxen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1766
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