Stupescence
/stjuːˈpɛsəns/noun
The state of becoming dull, dazed, or stupefied.
Did you know?Stupescence is built on the same ancient root as words for being stunned or dazed, and that root helped give English the whole family of stupor-related words.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steup-
“to strike, stun, or hit with force”
Latin
Latin
stupēre
“to be stunned, amazed, or benumbed”
Latin
Latin
stupēscere
“to begin to be stunned or dazed”
Late Latin / Medieval Latin
Latin
stupescentia
“a becoming stunned or benumbed state”
Modern English
English
stupescence
“the state of becoming dull, dazed, or stupefied”
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