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staggerment

noun

Etymology

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien, from stagger + -ment

  1. derived from stakra — “to push, stagger”
  2. inherited from stakeren
  3. suffixed as staggerment — “stagger + ment”

Definitions

  1. The state of feeling staggered or overwhelmed.

    • To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
    • "Yes, sir." Illyan's voice was thin with his staggerment.
    • I have not felt any blow so much since little Normie died in 1908. It is not hopeless sorrow or resentment, but sheer staggerment.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA