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Word of the Day - Stupefy
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stupefy
Pronunciation: /ˈstjuːpɪfʌɪ /
verb (stupefies, stupefying, stupefied)
[with object]
1 Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly: the offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her
1.1 Astonish and shock: the amount they spend on clothes would appal their parents and stupefy their grandparents
Origin
late Middle English: from French stupéfier, from Latin stupefacere, from stupere ‘be struck senseless’.
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I often try to stupefy the stupid fly before I grab the swatter.
I feel too silly if I stand and swing around my head at the buzzing pest.
My grandfather used to smoke cigars and used their smoke to help
But I don’t smoke and so must use another way to trick the fly to rest.
[Please note that the spelling in the US is “appall” and it was ODO which supplied the example, and misspelling, in the 1.1 definition.]
