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61stupid — [16] As the related stupefy [16] and stupor [17] still do, stupid originally denoted ‘mental numbness’; ‘lack of intelligence’ is a secondary development. It comes via Old French stupide from Latin stupidus, a derivative of stupēre ‘be stunned or …
62stupend — Adj erstaunlich per. Wortschatz fremd. Erkennbar fremd (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. stupendus, Gerundivum von l. stupēre erstarrt sein, staunen . Ebenso ne. stupendous, nfrz. stupeur, nnorw. stupende. ✎ DF 4 (1978), 537. lateinisch l …
63stupid — Adj dumm, geistlos erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. stupide, dieses aus l. stupidus, zu l. stupēre erstarrt sein, staunen . Abstraktum: Stupididät. Ebenso nndl. stupide, ne. stupid, nschw. stupid, nnorw.… …
64masturbation — 1711 (earlier as mastupration, 1620s), from Fr. masturbation and directly from Mod.L. masturbationem (nom. masturbatio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. masturbari t masturbate. The long standing speculation is that this Latin word is altered… …
65stop — {{11}}stop (n.) late 15c., from STOP (Cf. stop) (v.). {{12}}stop (v.) O.E. stoppian (in forstoppian to stop up, stifle ), a general West Germanic word (Cf. W.Fris. stopje, M.L.G. stoppen, O.H.G. stopfon, Ger. stopfen to plug, stop up, Old Low… …
66stupefy — 1510s (implied in pp. stupefact), from M.Fr. stupéfier, from L. stupefacere make stupid or senseless, from stupere be stunned (see STUPID (Cf. stupid)) + facere to make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)) …
67stupendous — (adj.) 1660s, earlier stupendious (1540s), from L.L. stupendus to be wondered at, gerundive form of L. stupere be stunned, be struck senseless (see STUPID (Cf. stupid)) …
68stupid — (adj.) 1540s, mentally slow, from M.Fr. stupide, from L. stupidus amazed, confounded, lit. struck senseless, from stupere be stunned, amazed, confounded, from PIE * (s)tupe hit, from root * (s)teu (see STEEP (Cf. steep) (adj.)). Native words for… …
69stupor — late 14c., from L. stupor insensibility, numbness, dullness, from stupere be stunned (see STUPID (Cf. stupid)) …
70stupefy — [ stju:pɪfʌɪ] verb (stupefies, stupefying, stupefied) 1》 make (someone) unable to think or feel properly. 2》 astonish and shock. Derivatives stupefaction noun stupefier noun stupefying …
