stupent

English

Adjective

stupent (comparative more stupent, superlative most stupent)

1. (rare) Struck with stupor; stunned;

   Synonyms: dumbfounded, aghast

   He stood there flabbergasted, stupent, as she walked out the door.

   • 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VIII, Unworking Aristocracy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):

     Again and again, what shall we say of the Idle Aristocracy, the Owners of the Soil of England […] We will say mournfully, in the presence of Heaven and Earth, — that we stand speechless, stupent, and know not what to say!

References

• “stupent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• netputs

Latin

Verb

stupent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of stupeō