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181 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ACUTE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Figuratively, applied to mental powers; penetrating; having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; opposed to dull or stupid; as an acute reasoner.
182 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ADIPOSE.1 (Noah Webster)
ADIPOSE, ADIPOUS, a. [L. adiposus, from adeps, fat. Heb. fat, gross, stupid.]
183 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANIMAL.5 (Noah Webster)
By way of contempt, a dull person is called a stupid animal.
184 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ARISE.10 (Noah Webster)
Figuratively, to wake from a state of sin and stupidity; to repent.
185 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASS.2 (Noah Webster)
… to stupidity, and carries a heavy burden. He is slow, but very sure footed, and for this reason very useful on rough steep hills.
186 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASS.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt.
187 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AWAKE.4 (Noah Webster)
2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity or inaction; to put into action, or new life; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
188 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AWAKE.8 (Noah Webster)
2. To bestir, revive or rouse from a state of inaction; to be invigorated with new life; as, the mind awakes from its stupidity.
189 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BAYARDLY.1 (Noah Webster)
BAYARDLY, a. Blind; stupid.
190 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEEF-WITTED.1 (Noah Webster)
BEEF-WITTED, a. [beef and wit.] Dull in intellects; stupid; heavy-headed.
191 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEETLE-HEAD.1 (Noah Webster)
BEETLE-HEAD, n. [beetle and head.] A stupid fellow.
192 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEETLE-HEADED.1 (Noah Webster)
BEETLE-HEADED, a. Having a head like a beetle; dull; stupid.
193 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BESOTTED.1 (Noah Webster)
BESOTTED, pp. Made sottish or stupid. Besotted on, infatuated with foolish affection.
194 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BESOTTEDNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
BESOTTEDNESS, n. Stupidity; arrant folly; infatuation.
195 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOCK.8 (Noah Webster)
7. A blockhead; a stupid fellow.
196 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOCKHEAD.1 (Noah Webster)
BLOCKHEAD, n. [block and head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
197 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOCKHEADED.1 (Noah Webster)
BLOCKHEADED, a. Stupid; dull.
198 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOCKISH.1 (Noah Webster)
BLOCKISH, a. Stupid; dull; deficient in understanding.
199 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOCKISHLY.1 (Noah Webster)
BLOCKISHLY, adv. In a stupid manner.
200 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOCKISHNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
BLOCKISHNESS, n. Stupidity; dullness.