stupe

¹ American  

[stoop, styoop] / stup, styup /

noun

1. two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.

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stupe ² American  

[stoop] / stup /

noun

Slang.

1. a stupid person.

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stupe ¹ British  

/ stjuːp /

noun

1. med a hot damp cloth, usually sprinkled with an irritant, applied to the body to relieve pain by counterirritation

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stupe ² British  

/ stjuːp /

noun

1. slang a stupid person; clot

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Etymology

Origin of stupe¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa < Greek stýppē flax, hemp, tow

Origin of stupe²

First recorded in 1755–65; by shortening of stupid

Example Sentences

She thinks now that part of Herman's appeal for her was that he made her see "that one didn't have to be a stupe to be religious."

From Time Magazine Archive

Dispiritedly, he mailed in his reading list after he got home, just so Rickover would not think him "a total stupe."

From Time Magazine Archive

But she tells him that true love has washed away her sins and the pure and simple stupe embraces her.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the pain, mustard poultices, turpentine stupe or hot fomentations prove beneficial.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

“O! what a stupe I was,” said Bevis.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard