stupent

English

Adjective

stupent (comparative more stupent, superlative most stupent)

  1. (rare) Struck with stupor; stunned;
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VIII, Unworking Aristocracy
      Again and again, what shall we say of the Idle Aristocracy, the Owners of the Soil of England […] We will say mournfully, in the presence of Heaven and Earth, — that we stand speechless, stupent, and know not what to say!
    He stood there flabbergasted, stupent, as she walked out the door.
    Synonyms: dumbfounded, aghast

References

  • stupent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

stupent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of stupeō
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