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721 Etymology dictionary, p. crass (adj.).3
… ., "grossly stupid, obtuse" is recorded from 1650s, from French. Middle English had cras (adj.) "slow, sluggish, tardy" (mid-15c.), also crassitude "thickness." Related: Crassly …
722 Etymology dictionary, p. cuckoo (n.).3
… meaning "stupid person" is recorded by 1580s, perhaps from the bird's unvarying, oft-repeated call. The Old English name was ʒeac, cognate with Old Norse gaukr …
723 Etymology dictionary, p. daffy (adj.).2
… "deaf, stupid," such as Old Norse daufr, "phonetically inadmissible"). Compare late 15c. daffish "dull-witted, spiritless." With -y (2). Related: Daffily; daffiness. The …
724 Etymology dictionary, p. daft (adj.).3
… , simple, stupid" (mid-15c.) and "crazy" (1530s) probably was influenced by analogy with daffe "halfwit, fool, idiot" (see daffy ); the whole group probably has a common origin …
725 Etymology dictionary, p. dense (adj.).2
… of "stupid" is first recorded 1822. Related: Densely; denseness .
726 Etymology dictionary, p. deplorable (adj.).3
… ; deplorable stupidity" [Johnson, 1755]. Related: Deplorably; deplorableness; deplorability .
727 Etymology dictionary, p. dickhead (n.).2
"stupid, contemptible person," by 1969, from dick in the "penis" sense + head (n.).
728 Etymology dictionary, p. dim (adj.).3
… apprehension, stupid" is from 1892; the sense of "dull-witted" also was in Middle English (mid-13c.). Related: Dimly; dimness .
729 Etymology dictionary, p. dip (n.2).2
"stupid person, eccentric person," 1920s slang, perhaps a back-formation from dippy. " Dipshit is an emphatic form of dip (2); dipstick may be a euphemism or may reflect putative dipstick 'penis' " [DAS].
730 Etymology dictionary, p. ditzy (adj.).2
… ditsy, "stupid, scatterbrained" (especially of women), by 1969 [Boston Globe, March 11], U.S. slang, of unknown origin; one guess [OED] is that it is a corruption of earlier …
731 Etymology dictionary, p. dizzy (adj.).2
… "foolish, stupid" (obsolete in the original sense except in dialect from 13c.), from Proto-Germanic *dusijaz (source also of Low German düsig "dizzy," Dutch duizelen …
732 Etymology dictionary, p. doddypoll (n.).2
… , dodipoll, "stupid person," now obsolete in whatever spelling. The second element is poll (n.) in the original sense of "head." The first element is probably from Middle …
733 Etymology dictionary, p. dodo (n.).2
… to stupid persons by 1886. Compare booby .
734 Etymology dictionary, p. dolt (n.).2
… or stupid" (see dull (v.)). Related: Doltish "foolish, stupid" (1540s); doltishly; doltishness .
735 Etymology dictionary, p. donkey (n.).3
… to stupid, obstinate, or wrong-headed persons by 1840. In mechanics, used of small or supplementary apparatus from mid-19c. ( donkey-engine, donkey-pump, etc.). Short …
736 Etymology dictionary, p. dope (n.).3
… "foolish, stupid person" is older than this (1851) and may be from the notion of "thick-headed," later associated with the idea of "stupefied by narcotics."
737 Etymology dictionary, p. dopey (adj.).2
"sluggish, stupefied," with or as with a narcotic drug; also "stupid" generally, 1896, from dope (n.) + -y (2). Related: Dopiness .
738 Etymology dictionary, p. dork (n.).2
"stupid person," 1967, originally U.S. student slang, perhaps from earlier meaning "penis" (1964), itself probably an alteration of dick (n.). Related: Dorky; dorkiness .
739 Etymology dictionary, p. drip (n.).2
… meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is by 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense "nonsense" (by 1919).
740 Etymology dictionary, p. duffer (n.).2
… person; stupid, dull old man," 1842, especially "bad golfer" (by 1875), perhaps from Scottish duffar "dull or stupid person," from dowf "stupid," literally "deaf," from Old …