stulted
stulted is the simple past and past participle of stult.
Meaning of stult
Verb
stult (third-person singular simple present stults, present participle stulting, simple past and past participle stulted)
- To choke off; to arrest; to deprive of strength or efficacy.
- He thought that this paper would tend to stult the publication of those many absurd and misleading tabular statements with which the insurance world has been overdone for the last three or four years.1876, The Insurance Times - Volume 9, page 409
Adjective
stulted (comparative more stulted, superlative most stulted)
- Deprived of strength and vigor.
- But Herrera, who so far had followed him pretty closely, maintains an even tenor, borrowing now from more varied sources wherewith to fill his bald and stulted decades.1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Mexico. 1883-1888
- ...toward the whole of Norwich Town, which in truth was crude and stulted to one of his high breed and spirit.1916, Margaret Fuller, A New England Childhood, page 268
Forms of stulted
| comparative | more stulted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stulted |
Origin of stulted
From Latin stultus.
Questions about stulted
- What does stulted mean?
- Stulted means deprived of strength and vigor.
- What is stulted the simple past and past participle of?
- Stulted is the simple past and past participle of stult.
- What part of speech is stulted?
- Stulted is an adjective.
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