stultify

• vt.効果をなくす；愚かにする；無価値にする

ラテン語のstultificareから、愚かにする、stultusから、愚かな、遅い、のろまな、動きたくない、動けないという原義で、PIE*stelから、立つ、置く、語源的にはstall、still、stolidと同じ。

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.

1. Nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself.

法律では、誰も自分の精神的錯乱を宣言して責任を負わないことは許されない。