Etymology
Origin of stupidity
1535–45; < Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid ( us ) stupid + -itās -ity
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Example Sentences
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Gran had tried to keep me from all this, from the miller and his greed, from my own stupidity, but maybe there was nothing either of us could have done.
From Literature
As to the famous fine line between stupid and clever, the stupidity and the cleverness are all but inextricable, and to the point.
From Los Angeles Times
In January he called it “an act of great stupidity.”
Which is much worse than plain old stupidity.
From Los Angeles Times
I could not let my selfish stupidity cost me Mother now that we’d lost Father.
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