stulted

English

Etymology

From Latin stultus

Verb

stulted

1. simple past and past participle of stult

Adjective

stulted (comparative more stulted, superlative most stulted)

1. Deprived of strength and vigor.
   • 1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Mexico. 1883-1888:

     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.

   • 1916, Margaret Fuller, A New England Childhood, page 268:

     ...toward the whole of Norwich Town, which in truth was crude and stulted to one of his high breed and spirit.

   • 1975, Charles R. Wood, Evangelistic Sermon Outlines, →ISBN, page 11:

     This man has a stunted and stulted life.

   • 2015, Joshua Cohen, Book of Numbers, →ISBN:

     The sky was clear. The breeze stalled, stulted.

Anagrams

• slutted, suttled