Stupefy (verb)
stoo-pe-fi
Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly. Astonish or shock
Late Middle English from French stupéfier, from Latin stupefacere, from stupere ‘be struck senseless’.
Example sentences
“He laced her drink with drugs to stupefy her.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
