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单词 stupefacient
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stupefacient

[ stoo-puh-fey-shuhnt, styoo- ]
/ ˌstu pəˈfeɪ ʃənt, ˌstyu- /
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adjective

stupefying; producing stupor.

noun

a drug or agent that produces stupor.

Origin of stupefacient

1660–70; from Latin stupefacient- (stem of stupefaciēns ), present participle of stupefacere “to benumb”; see stupefy, -facient

Words nearby stupefacient

stunt man, stunt person, stunt woman, stupa, stupe, stupefacient, stupefaction, stupefactive, stupefy, stupendous, stupid
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British Dictionary definitions for stupefacient

stupefacient
/ (ˌstjuːpɪˈfeɪʃɪənt) /

noun

a drug that causes stupor

adjective

of, relating to, or designating this type of drug

Word Origin for stupefacient

C17: from Latin stupefacere to make senseless, from stupēre to be stunned + facere to make
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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