Meaning

verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation

verb be a mystery or bewildering to

verb make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

originFrom Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“to be stunned, speechless”) (see English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“to do, make”).

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