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281 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MUDDY.6 (Noah Webster)

5. Cloudy in mind; dull; heavy; stupid.

282 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NUMSKULL.1 (Noah Webster)

NUMSKULL, n. [numb and skull.] A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.

283 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NUMSKULLED.1 (Noah Webster)

NUMSKULLED, a. Dull in intellect; stupid; doltish.

284 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OAFISH.1 (Noah Webster)

OAFISH, a. Stupid; dull; doltish. [Little used.]

285 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OAFISHNESS.1 (Noah Webster)

OAFISHNESS, n. Stupidity; dullness; folly. [Little used.]

286 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OBSTUPEFACTION.1 (Noah Webster)

OBSTUPEFACTION, n. [L. obstupefacio.] The act of making stupid or insensible. [See Stupefaction, which is generally used.]

287 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OUTWEIGH.4 (Noah Webster)

One self-approving hour whole years outweighs of stupid starers and of loud huzzas.

288 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PIGHEADED.1 (Noah Webster)

PIGHEADED, a. Having a large head; stupid.

289 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLOD.3 (Noah Webster)

Some stupid, plodding, money-loving wight.

291 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REMAIN.7 (Noah Webster)

4. To continue unchanged, or in a particular state. He remains stupid; he remains in a low state of health.

292 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROUSE.3 (Noah Webster)

2. To excite to thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity or inattention.

294 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SENSELESS.7 (Noah Webster)

4. Unreasonable; stupid; acting without sense or judgement.

295 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SENSELESS.8 (Noah Webster)

Ther were a senseless stupid race. Swift.

296 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SENSELESSNESS.1 (Noah Webster)

SENSELESSNESS, n. sens’lessness. Unreasonableness; folly; stupidity; absurdity.

297 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SILLY.3 (Noah Webster)

2. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness of folly; unwise; as silly thoughts; silly actions; a silly scheme; writings stupid or silly.

298 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SOT.2 (Noah Webster)

1. A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.

299 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SOT.5 (Noah Webster)

SOT, v.i. To tipple to stupidity. [Little used.]

300 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SOTTISH.2 (Noah Webster)

1. Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; very foolish. How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology!