Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stupefaction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stupefaction \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup['e]faction. See
{Stupefacient}.]
The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
[Written also {stupifaction}.]
Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a
hardness and stupefaction upon it. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stupefaction
n 1: a feeling of stupefied astonishment
2: marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much
by exhaustion and by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet
while he was in a drunken stupor" [syn: {grogginess}, {stupor},
{semiconsciousness}]
3: the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; "the
professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"
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