See Also: stupid(dictionary)
stupid 1, adjective(dictionary)
stupid 2, noun(dictionary)

stupid (iou)



stupid adjective & noun. M16.
[French stupide or Latin stupidus, from stupere be annoyed (at), be stunned or numbed: see -ID1.]
A. adjective.
Of a person: unintelligent, slow-witted; obtuse, foolish. M16.
James Hogg 'What a stupid idiot I was!' exclaimed Wat. A. Macrae Bob..was not stupid where his own interests were concerned.
b. Of a quality, action, idea, etc.: silly, indicating folly or lack of understanding; typical of a stupid person. E17.
S. Patrick Let us not..persist in such a stupid error. L. Deighton It was stupid to drink strong coffee so late at night.
Having one's faculties dulled; stupefied; stunned, esp. with surprise, grief, etc. M16.
Shakespeare Winter's Tale Is not your father incapable Of reasonable affairs? Is he not stupid with age..? Tennyson Enid could not say one tender word She felt so..stupid at the heart.
b. Apathetic; indifferent, insensitive; characterized by stupor or insensibility, lethargic. Now rare. E17.
Pope No tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
Of an inanimate object: incapable of or lacking sensation or consciousness. E17-M18.
Uninteresting, tiresome, boring. Also as a general term of disparagement. Now chiefly colloq. L18.
E. O'Neill You..with your college education..always reading your stupid books instead of working.
Obstinate, stubborn. north. L18.
b. noun. A stupid person. colloq. E18.
stupidish adjective E19.
stupidly adverb (a) unintelligently, foolishly, in a manner indicative of stupidity; (b) (now rare) in a stupor; (c) rare as a result of stupefaction: E17.
stupidness noun (rare) E17.