stupe

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. a person who is not very bright“The economy, stupid!”Synonyms: stupidstupid persondullarddoltpudding headpudden-headpoor fishpillockType of simpleton, simpleKinds dunce, klutz, berk
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Stupe noun

Origin: L. stupa, or better stuppa, tow. Cf. Stop, transitive verb

Medicine Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.


Stupe transitive verb [past tense & past participle Stuped; present participle & verbal noun Stuping.]

To foment with a stupe. Richard Wiseman


Stupe noun

Origin: See Stupid.

A stupid person. obsolete

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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