单词 | stupification |
释义 | stupificationn. Now nonstandard and somewhat rare. The feeling or state of being stupefied; (also) the action or process of becoming stupefied; = stupefaction n.Recorded earliest in self-stupification. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] > state of physical stupefaction dazedness1340 excessa1387 stupora1398 stupefaction?a1425 dazingc1522 damp1542 daziness1554 dazzling1581 stupidity1603 stupidity?1615 stupidness1619 stupification1650 dream1717 dazzlement1841 daze1855 dazement1855 lull1856 mazement1901 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] > state of physical stupefaction > physically stupefying stupefaction?a1425 stupefying1614 stupification1650 1650 J. Hall Paradoxes 35 Is not that man miserable, who is frustrated of his best and dearest aimes, and is forc'd cowardly to undergoe the contrary wants; what other is this, but as if he could not dance a galliard, should swallow downe opium, and thinke to allay his losse, but selfe stupification. 1698 J. Spire Natures, Uses, & Doses Medicines 1 In Apoplexies, Lethargy, and Stupification of the Spirits, stoppages in the Breast, Surfeits, Rheumatism, Stone and Strangury. ?1727 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. V. vi. 170 As the force of it [sc. Opium] abates, a dull Stupification succeeds, which they term an Extasie. 1797 J. Johnson Advantages & Disadvantages of Marriage State 4 I saw a very formidable army approaching the city, with full power to destroy it.., but all the inhabitants of the city continued in a stupification. 1849 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 47 Closing upon him, in the moment of stupefication, he snatched him up from the ground, tucked him up under his left arm, and..administered to him several hearty boxes on the ear. 1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 400 Complete stupification of the organism must be produced, so that when it is removed to a killing fluid, no contraction will take place. 1922 Amer. Lawn Tennis 15 Mar. 661/1 The present writer remembers..the stupification with which he got the result of the first match. 1982 Symbolic Interaction 5 297 If he deceives himself about his own death.., then he will live each moment in the stupefication of that deception. 2002 D. Klein Blue Suede Clues xix. 167 When Norma saw Elvis Presley exit the car.., that look [of hope] changed to stupification, then to near ecstasy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650 |
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