Meaning

2 senses
  1. (slang)A stupid person or (rarely) thing.

    He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!

    a person who is not very bright

  2. A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

Origin

Shortening of stupid. From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.

Shortening of stupid.

From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.

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Forms

plural: stupes
Singularstupe
Pluralstupes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who is not very bright:stupidstupid persondullarddoltpudding headpudden-headpoor fish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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