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stupefaction

noun
/ˌstjʊu̯pəˈfækʃən/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from stupid
  2. derived from stupefaciō — “strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”
  3. derived from stupéfaction

Definitions

  1. The state of extreme shock or astonishment.

  2. A state of insensibility

    A state of insensibility; stupor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stupefaction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at stupefaction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at stupefaction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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