different between haze vs stupor
haze
English
Alternative forms
- hase (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?z, IPA(key): /he?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophones: hays, heys
Etymology 1
- The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century.
- Possibly back-formation from hazy.
- Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)Origin unknown; there is nothing to connect the word with Old English hasu, haso (“gray”).
Noun
haze (usually uncountable, plural hazes)
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
- 1772 December, James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Around the World, vol. 1 ch. 2:
- Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick haze, accompanied with rain.
- 1772 December, James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Around the World, vol. 1 ch. 2:
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- 1957, Daphne du Maurier, The Scapegoat [1], ?ISBN, page 218:
- In my haze of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret.
- 1957, Daphne du Maurier, The Scapegoat [1], ?ISBN, page 218:
- (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
- 1998, Leonard I. Nass and Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC [2], ?ISBN, page 318:
- Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film.
- 1998, Leonard I. Nass and Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC [2], ?ISBN, page 318:
- (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- 1985, Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking [3], ?ISBN, page 69:
- Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes.
- 1985, Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking [3], ?ISBN, page 69:
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
haze (third-person singular simple present hazes, present participle hazing, simple past and past participle hazed)
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
Etymology 2
Possibly from hawze (“terrify, frighten, confound”), from Middle French haser (“irritate, annoy”)
Verb
haze (third-person singular simple present hazes, present participle hazing, simple past and past participle hazed)
- (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
- (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
Translations
Further reading
- haze in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
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stupor
English
Alternative forms
- stupour (obsolete)
Etymology
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?stju?.p?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?stu.p?/, /?stju.p?/
- Rhymes: -u?p?(?)
Noun
stupor (countable and uncountable, plural stupors)
- A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
- A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
- Synonym: daze
Related terms
- stupefy
- stupefaction
- stupendous
- stupid
Translations
Verb
stupor (third-person singular simple present stupors, present participle stuporing, simple past and past participle stupored) (transitive)
- To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
References
- “stupor”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “stupor”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- Portus, Proust, Sprout, Stroup, Troups, sprout
Latin
Etymology
From stupe? (“to be struck senseless, be stunned, be astonished”) +? -or (nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?stu.por/, [?s?t??p?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?stu.por/, [?st?u?p?r]
Noun
stupor m (genitive stup?ris); third declension
- Numbness; dullness, insensibility, stupidity, stupefaction; astonishment, wonder, amazement.
- Synonym: torpor
- (especially) Dullness, stupidity, stolidity.
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
- stup?r?tus (adjective)
Descendants
References
- stupor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stupor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stupor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- stupor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Swedish
Noun
stupor
- indefinite plural of stupa
Anagrams
- utrops
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