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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: stupere; STUPID1

stupor

 noun
     
stu‧por [uncountable and countable]
a state in which you cannot think, speak, see, or hear clearly, usually because you have drunk too much alcohol or taken drugs:
We found him lying at the bottom of the stairs in a drunken stupor.
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