Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Struck with stupor; stunned; dumfounded; aghast.
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- adjective rare Struck with
stupor ;stunned ;dumbfounded ;aghast .
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Examples
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Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent (Light griefs are loquacious, but the great are dumb).
Quotations 1919
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Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent (Light griefs are loquacious, but the great are dumb).
Quotations 1919
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Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent (Light griefs are loquacious, but the great are dumb).
Quotations 1919
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THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN [_stupent_] Well, upon my soul!
Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw 1903
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The General staggers to his feet, momentarily stupent and speechless.
Getting Married George Bernard Shaw 1903
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Curae leves loquuntur: ingentes stupent [107] -- "Light troubles speak: the great ones are dumb."
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Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent (Light griefs are loquacious, but the great are dumb).
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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Earth, -- that we stand speechless, stupent, and know not what to say!
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. Thomas Carlyle 1838
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We will say mournfully, in the presence of Heaven and Earth, -- that we stand speechless, stupent, and know not what to say!
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle 1838
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And Seneca tells us, "Curse leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent."
The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 Henry Fielding 1730
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