stupefactive

[ stoo-puh-fak-tiv, styoo- ]

adjective

1. serving to stupefy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stupefactive¹

1520–30; < Medieval Latin stupefactīvus, equivalent to Latin stupefact ( us ) ( stupefaction ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

The conclusion of Dr. Balthazard's lengthy and most painstaking report was that "toxicological examination of the viscera... did not reveal any traces of narcotic or stupefactive.'"

From Project Gutenberg

With endless draughts of stupefactive wine “Aphidas lay, 'mid all the raging noise “Unrous'd; and grasping in his languid hand “A ready-mingled bowl: stretch'd was he seen, “On a rough bear-skin, brought from Ossa's hill.

From Project Gutenberg

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