Stupefaction

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

stupefaction
    n 1: a feeling of stupefied astonishment
    2: marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by
       exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while
       he was in a drunken stupor" [syn: {grogginess}, {stupor},
       {stupefaction}, {semiconsciousness}]
    3: the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; "the
       professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stupefaction \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup['e]faction. See
   {Stupefacient}.]
   The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
   [Written also {stupifaction}.]
   [1913 Webster]

         Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a
         hardness and stupefaction upon it.       --South.
   [1913 Webster]

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