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821 Etymology dictionary, p. puddinghead (n.).2
"amiable stupid person," 1851, from pudding + head (n.). Pudding-face for "person having a fat, round, smooth face" is from 1748.
822 Etymology dictionary, p. pumpernickel (n.).2
… a stupid person, from pumpern "to break wind" + Nickel "goblin, lout, rascal," from the proper name Niklaus (see Nicholas, and compare Nick ). Originally it was eaten …
823 Etymology dictionary, p. pumpkin (n.).3
Figuratively, in 19c. (and later) U.S. vernacular, it has meant both "stupid, self-important person" and "person or matter of importance" (as in some pumpkins ).
824 Etymology dictionary, p. rape (v.).5
… " (see stupid ). Latin raptus, past participle of rapere, used as a noun meant "a seizure, plundering, abduction," but in Medieval Latin also "forcible violation."
825 Etymology dictionary, p. samba (n.).2
… zamacueco "stupid") from zambapalo, the name of a grotesque dance, itself an alteration of zampapalo "stupid man," from zamparse "to bump, crash." It was noted in 1938 …
826 Etymology dictionary, p. sapphire (n.).3
… and stupidity. As an adjective from early 15c. As a color, a deep brilliant or bright blue, by 1680s. Related: Sapphiric .
827 Etymology dictionary, p. schlep (n.).2
"stupid person, loser," 1939, short for schlepper "person of little worth" (1934), in Yiddish, "fool, beggar, scrounger," from schlep (v.) "to carry or drag." For sense evolution, compare drag (n.) "annoying dull person."
828 Etymology dictionary, p. schmendrick (n.).2
"stupid person," 1944, from Yiddish shmendrik, from the name of a character in an 1877 operetta ( "Shmendrik, oder Di komishe Chaseneh" ) by Avrom Goldfaden (1840-1908), "Father of Yiddish Theater."
829 Etymology dictionary, p. semi-.3
… '), figuratively "stupid" (compare half-baked ); samcucu "half-dead," etymologically "half-alive" (see quick (adj.)); and the lingering survivor, sandblind "dim-sighted" (q.v …
830 Etymology dictionary, p. sheep (n.).3
… meaning "stupid, timid person" is attested from 1540s.
831 Etymology dictionary, p. simple (adj.).2
… , foolish, stupid," hence also "wretched, miserable," from Latin simplus or simplex, "simple, plain, unmixed," literally "one-fold" (see simplex ).
832 Etymology dictionary, p. slack-jawed (adj.).2
… astonishment, stupidity, etc., is attested from 1905, with more of the literal sense of jaw (n.). See slack (adj.) for similar compounds.
833 Etymology dictionary, p. soft-headed (adj.).2
"silly, stupid," 1660s; see soft (adj.) + -headed. Related: Soft-headedly; soft-headedness .
834 Etymology dictionary, p. sot (n.).2
… sott "stupid person, fool," a sense now obsolete, from Old French sot, from Gallo-Roman *sott- (probably related to Medieval Latin sottus ), a word of uncertain origin …
835 Etymology dictionary, p. stolidity (n.).2
"dullness, stupidity, quality of being impassive," 1560s, from French stolidite and directly from Late Latin stoliditatem (nominative stoliditas ) "dullness, obtuseness, stupidity," from Latin stolidus, properly "unmovable" (see stolid ).
836 Etymology dictionary, p. stolid (adj.).2
… , stupid," c. 1600, back-formation from stolidity, or else from French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, slow, brutish, rude, stupid," properly …
837 Etymology dictionary, p. stout (adj.).4
… toward "stupid," as in Middle Low German stolz, Dutch stout, which also could mean "stupid," perhaps by influence of Italian stolto "silly," from Latin stultus. Related …
838 Etymology dictionary, p. stunt (v.).2
… "foolish, stupid; obstinate," from Old English stunt "stupid, foolish" (as in stuntspræc "foolish talk"), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz "short, truncated" (source also …
839 Etymology dictionary, p. stupe (n.).2
"stupid person," 1762, a colloquial shortening of stupid used as a noun.
840 Etymology dictionary, p. stupefy (v.).2
… "make stupid or senseless; benumb, stun," from stupere "be stunned, be struck senseless" (see stupid ) + facere "to make, to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put").