单词 | stupefactive |
释义 | stupefactiveadj.n. 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. DerivativesΚΠ ?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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