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stupid

adj
/ˈst(j)yː.pɪd//ˈstjuː.pɪd/UK/ˈst(j)u.pɪd/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-éh₁-ye-ti Latin stupeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop.

  1. derived from *(s)tew-✻
  2. derived from *(s)tup-✻
  3. derived from stupidus
  4. derived from stupide

Definitions

  1. Without intelligence.

    • It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
    • And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned

  2. To the point of stupor.

    • Neurobiology bores me stupid.
    • I am not sure if he is stupid with tiredness or inebriety.

  3. Amazing.

    • That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Extremely.

      • My gear is stupid fly.
      • Richard DeLongpre: Aw, we did, didn't we? I'm sorry. I'm so stupid in love with you.
      • I'm your mother, sister, your father, brother / This family is stupid attractive

    2. A stupid person

      A stupid person; a fool.

      • "You stupid!" screamed the girls, "we've got to guess the word. Now you'll have to go back and think of another."
      • "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
      • Some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.

    3. The condition or state of being stupid

      The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.

      • His stupid knows no bounds.
      • As long as our staff keeps giving us the stupid, we'll never get our work done.

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Derived

ask a stupid question, el stupido, hit with the stupid stick, McStupid, nonstupid, outstupid, play stupid, play stupid games, win stupid prizes, semistupid, squid, stupid-ass, stupidass, stupid drunk, stupid-head, stupidicy, stupidification, stupidify, stupid is as stupid does, stupidish, stupidism, stupidity, stupidly, stupidness, stupid o'clock, stupidship, stupidstitious, stupid tax, stupidy, there are no stupid questions, there's no such thing as a stupid question, unstupid, you can't fix stupid

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stupid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at stupid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at stupid

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA