nonce-wd. [f. STAGNATE v. + -URE.] The state or condition of being stagnant.
1837. C. Lofft, Self-formation, I. 122. You will find … his paper covered … with scratches, and blotches, and ink-puddles, signifying, by no obscure type, the coagulation and stagnature of his thoughts. Ibid., II. 106. Albeit the spirit may drag back and sink in stagnature.
