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entumecer

/entumeˈθeɾ/

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verb/entumeˈθeɾ/

to numb; to go numb

Se me entumeció el dedo.My finger went numb.

Borrowed from Latin intumēscere. According to Coromines & Pascual, first attested in Baltasar Gracián (17th century). The verb was partly affected by the inherited verb adormecer, producing some of the alternative forms shown above.