benumbment
benumbment noun: the act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.
Noun
benumbment (usually uncountable, plural benumbments)
- The act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.
- The first cold weather, after insects have entered their winter quarters, produces effects upon them similar to those which occur in the dormouse, hedgehog, and other of the larger animals subject to torpor. At first a partial benumbment takes place; but the insect if touched is still capable of...1817, William Kirby, An Introduction to Entomology, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Volume 2, Letter 26, p. 442
- The pain was electric and compact, reducing everything to its own sort of benumbment, making the world beyond my head seem small and dazed.1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, New York: Scribner, Part 3, Chapter 3, p. 338
Synonyms of benumbment
Forms of benumbment
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Origin of benumbment
From benumb + -ment.
Questions about benumbment
- What does benumbment mean?
- Benumbment means the act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.
- What part of speech is benumbment?
- Benumbment is a noun.
- What is the plural of benumbment?
- The plural of benumbment is benumbments.
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