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stifler

noun

Etymology

From stifle + -er.

  1. derived from στύπη
  2. derived from stuppa — “coarse flax, tow”
  3. derived from *stuppāre✻
  4. derived from estofer
  5. inherited from stuflen — “to have difficulty breathing due to heat, stifle; to suffocate by drowning, drown”
  6. suffixed as stifler — “stifle + er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, stifles

    One who, or that which, stifles; one who represses or limits.

    • a stifler of innovation

  2. A camouflet.

The neighborhood

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