Meanings
- uncountableThe state of feeling staggered or overwhelmed.
"Yes, sir." Illyan's voice was thin with his staggerment.
1986, Lois McMaster Bujold, Cordelia's Honor2 more examples
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
1937, J.R.R. Tolkien, The HobbitI have not felt any blow so much since little Normie died in 1908. It is not hopeless sorrow or resentment, but sheer staggerment.
2010, David McCasland, Oswald Chambers, Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest
Origin
Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien, from stagger + -ment
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