obstupefaction

English

Etymology

Latin obstupefacere (“to stupefy”).

Noun

obstupefaction (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) stupefaction
   • 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:

     what a black kind of obstupefaction

References

“obstupefaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.