dupe
1[ doop, dyoop ]
/ dup, dyup /
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noun
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents.
verb (used with object), duped, dup·ing.
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Origin of dupe
1First recorded in 1675–85; from French; Middle French duppe for unattested tête d'uppe “head of hoopoe,” i.e., “fool” (compare tête de fou ), from unattested Vulgar Latin uppa, Latin upupa “hoopoe,” a bird thought to be especially stupid; cf. hoopoe
OTHER WORDS FROM dupe
dup·a·ble, adjectivedup·a·bil·i·ty [doo-puh-bil-i-tee, dyoo-], /ˌdu pəˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌdyu-/, noundup·er, nounun·dup·a·ble, adjectiveOther definitions for dupe (2 of 2)
dupe2
[ doop, dyoop ]
/ dup, dyup /
noun
verb (used with or without object), duped, dup·ing.
to duplicate.
adjective
Origin of dupe
2First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening
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British Dictionary definitions for dupe
dupe
/ (djuːp) /
noun
a person who is easily deceived
a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power
verb
(tr) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool
Derived forms of dupe
dupable, adjectivedupability, nounduper, noundupery, nounWord Origin for dupe
C17: from French, from Old French duppe, contraction of de huppe of (a) hoopoe (from Latin upupa); from the bird's reputation for extreme stupidity
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