"stupefaction" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stupefaction.wav Forms: stupefactions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French stupéfaction, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“I am stunned, speechless”) (English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“do, make”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{uder|en|frm|stupéfaction}} Middle French stupéfaction, {{uder|en|la|stupefaciō||strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy}} Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stupefaction (countable and uncountable, plural stupefactions)
  1. The state of extreme shock or astonishment. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of dismay; shock): κατάνυξις (katánuxis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), замайване (zamajvane) [common-gender] (Bulgarian), зашеметяване (zašemetjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Benommenheit [feminine] (German), Schock [masculine] (German), Betäubung [feminine] (German), Bestürzung [feminine] (German), оцепене́ние (ocepenénije) [neuter] (Russian), сту́пор (stúpor) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stupefaction-en-noun-ezh0Dp18 Disambiguation of 'the state of dismay; shock': 68 32
  2. A state of insensibility; stupor. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stupefaction-en-noun-bZytWWvd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stupefication, stupefy, stupid, stupor

Inflected forms

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