STUPOR


Meaning of STUPOR in English

— stuporous , adj.

/stooh"peuhr, styooh"-/ , n.

1. suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.

2. mental torpor; apathy; stupefaction.

[ 1350-1400; ME stup ( ere ) to be numb or stunned + -or -OR 1 ]

Syn. 2. inertia, lethargy, daze.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .