stultify的词源

英文词源

stultify (v.): 1766, "allege to be of unsound mind" (legal term), from Late Latin stultificare "turn into foolishness," from Latin stultus "foolish" (literally "uneducated, unmovable," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand") + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). The first element is cognate with Latin stolidus "slow, dull, obtuse" (see stolid). Meaning "cause to appear foolish or absurd" is from 1809. Hence stultiloquy "foolish talk, silly babbling" (1650s). Related: Stultified; stultifying.

来自拉丁语 stultificare,使变得愚蠢，来自 stultus,愚蠢的，缓慢的，迟钝的，原义为不想动的，动不起来的，来自 PIE*stel,站立，放置，词源同 stall,still,stolid.

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