STUPOROUS Definition & Meaning

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stuporous

[ stoo-per-uhs, styoo- ]

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adjective

in a stupor or daze; having a reduced ability to perceive or respond to sensory stimuli:
The overdosed patient will be drowsy, stuporous, or actually comatose.
characterized by mental inactivity, sluggishness, or indifference; apathetic:
“Some students are stuporous in class, if they get there at all,” the professor complained.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of stuporous¹

First recorded in 1710–20; stupor ( def ) + -ous ( def )

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The lawsuit says that the night of Feb. 2, 2017, Piazza was pressured to consume a large amount of alcohol in the Beta Theta Pi house and “became stuporous.”

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The lawsuit says that the night of Feb. 2, 2017, Tim Piazza was pressured to consume a large amount of alcohol in the Beta Theta Pi house and “became stuporous.”

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At least it might stir the stuporous crowd.

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Grazda’s pearly black-and-white finish preserves the raggedy, stuporous air of the time with great dignity and pays its occasional menace the proper respect.

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By now, all of my fellow grunts had either drunken themselves stuporous or had long since been rendered mute by pain.

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