staggerment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

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"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."

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

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