stupefacient, a. and n. Med.
(stjuːpɪˈfeɪʃənt)
Also 7 stupi-.
[ad. L. stupefacient-em, pres. pple. of stupefacĕre: see stupefy v.]
A. adj. Stupefying, producing stupor. ? Obs.
| 1669 Rowland Schroder's Chym. Disp. i. xxx. 40 Stupefacient, Narcotick. 1675 Grew Anat. Plants, Lect. vi. i. 280 Stupifacient [is a kind of Taste] as in the Root of Black Hellebore. 1748 Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. §2. 155 Very nauseous and stupefacient Tastes may perhaps arise from violent and irregular Vibrations. 1849 in Craig; 1850 in Ogilvie; and in later Dicts. |
B. n. A medicine producing stupor. rare—0.
| 1855 in Ogilvie Suppl. (and in later Dicts.). 1898 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |