2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own. Hazlitt.
3. (Law)
Defn: To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.
STULTILOQUENCE Stul*til"o*quence, n. Etym: [L. stultiloquentia; stultus foolish + loquentia a talking, fr. loquens, p.pr. of loqui to talk.]
Defn: Silly talk; babbling.
STULTILOQUENT
Stul*til"o*quent, a. Etym: [Cf. L. stultiloquus. See Stultiloquence.]
Defn: Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling.
— Stul*til"o*quent*ly, adv.
STULTILOQUY
Stul*til"o*quy, n. Etym: [L. stultiloquium.]
Defn: Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling. Jer. Taylor.
STULTY
Stul"ty, a. Etym: [L. stultus foolish.]