stupor

stupor
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 < L: astonishment, insensibility, equiv. to stup(ere) to be numb or stunned + -or -OR1]
Syn. 2. inertia, lethargy, daze.

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