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stupid

[stoo-pid, styoo‐]
adjective, stu·pid·er, stu·pid·est.
  1. lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
  2. characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: a stupid question.
  3. tediously dull, especially due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless: a stupid party.
  4. annoying or irritating; troublesome: Turn off that stupid radio.
  5. in a state of stupor; stupefied: stupid from fatigue.
  6. Slang. excellent; terrific.
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noun
  1. Informal. a stupid person.
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Origin of stupid

1535–45; < Latin stupidus, equivalent to stup(ēre) to be numb or stunned + -idus -id4
Related formsstu·pid·ly, adverbstu·pid·ness, nounun·stu·pid, adjectiveun·stu·pid·ly, adverbun·stu·pid·ness, noun
Can be confusedignorant stupid

Synonym study

1. See dull.
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British Dictionary definitions for stupidest

stupid

adjective
  1. lacking in common sense, perception, or normal intelligence
  2. (usually postpositive) stunned, dazed, or stupefiedstupid from lack of sleep
  3. having dull mental responses; slow-witted
  4. trivial, silly, or frivolous
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noun
  1. informal a stupid person
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Derived Formsstupidly, adverbstupidness, noun

Word Origin

C16: from French stupide, from Latin stupidus silly, from stupēre to be amazed
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Word Origin and History for stupidest

stupid

adj.

1540s, "mentally slow," from Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus "amazed, confounded," literally "struck senseless," from stupere "be stunned, amazed, confounded," from PIE *(s)tupe- "hit," from root *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)).

Native words for this idea include negative compounds with words for "wise" (cf. Old English unwis, unsnotor, ungleaw), also dol (see dull), and dysig (see dizzy). Stupid retained its association with stupor and its overtones of "stunned by surprise, grief, etc." into mid-18c. The difference between stupid and the less opprobrious foolish roughly parallels that of German töricht vs. dumm but does not exist in most European languages.

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