Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stupid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stupid \Stu"pid\, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied:
cf. F. stupide.]
1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in
understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; --
said of persons.
O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As
to forsake the living God! --Milton.
With wild surprise, A moment stupid, motionless he
stood. --Thomson.
2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without
skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.
Observe what loads of stupid rhymes Oppress us in
corrupted times. --Swift.
Syn: Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish;
sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. -- {Stu"pid*ly}, adv.
-- {Stu"pid*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stupid
adj 1: lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity [ant: {smart}]
2: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from
shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay
semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was
stupid from fatigue" [syn: {dazed}, {stunned}, {stupefied},
{stupid(p)}]
3: without much intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and
unintelligent co-workers" [syn: {unintelligent}] [ant: {intelligent}]
n : a person who is not very bright: "The economy, stupid!"
[syn: {stupid person}, {dullard}, {dolt}, {pudding head},
{pudden-head}, {poor fish}]
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