Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stuporous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stu-porous
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having slow or confused reactions, as if in a stupor; groggy

Etymology

Etymology tree English stupor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English stuporous From stupor + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more stuporous (comparative) most stuporous (superlative)

Derived Forms

semistuporous stuporously stuporousness

Synonyms

dazed foggy groggy logy

Questions

What does stuporous mean?: having slow or confused reactions, as if in a stupor; groggy
Where does stuporous come from?: Etymology tree English stupor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English stuporous From stupor + -ous.

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