Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stupidity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stupidity \Stu*pid"i*ty\, n. [L. stupiditas: cf. F.
stupidit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of
perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [R.]
A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with
fear. --Chapman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stupidity
n 1: a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
[ant: {intelligence}]
2: a stupid mistake [syn: {betise}, {folly}, {foolishness}, {imbecility}]
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