Dictionary entry

Stupid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.