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841 Etymology dictionary, p. stupe (n.).2
"stupid person," 1762, a colloquial shortening of stupid used as a noun.
842 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").
843 Etymology dictionary, p. stupefy (v.).3
… "make stupid or torpid, blunt the faculties of" is from c. 1600, also "stun with amazement or fear" (1590s). Related: Stupefied; stupefier; stupefying .
844 Etymology dictionary, p. stupendous (adj.).2
… " (see stupid ). There was a vulgar tendency to embiggen such words; OED compares tremendious. Related: Stupendously; stupendousness. G.B. Shaw, in letters, back …
845 Etymology dictionary, p. stupid (adj.).1
stupid (adj.)
846 Etymology dictionary, p. stupid (adj.).2
… : Stupidly; stupidness .
847 Etymology dictionary, p. stupid (adj.).4
Of things, ideas, etc., "indicating stupidity," 1620s; by 1778 as "dull, pointless."
848 Etymology dictionary, p. stupid (adj.).5
… of stupid (1656) is "dismaid, abashed, astonied, amazed, senceless."
849 Etymology dictionary, p. stupid (adj.).6
As a noun, "a stupid person," by 1712, colloquial. The difference between stupid and the less opprobrious foolish roughly parallels that of German töricht vs. dumm but did not evolve in most European languages.
850 Etymology dictionary, p. stupidity (n.).1
stupidity (n.)
851 Etymology dictionary, p. stupidity (n.).2
… ) "dullness, stupidity, senselessness," from stupidus "confounded, amazed; dull, foolish" (see stupid ). It also at various times meant "lack of feeling or emotion, apathy …
852 Etymology dictionary, p. stupor (n.).2
late 14c., in medicine, "insensibility, numbness;" also "state of amazement," from Latin stupor "insensibility, numbness, dullness," from stupere "be stunned" (see stupid ). By 1670s as "intellectual insensibility, apathy or torpor of mind."
853 Etymology dictionary, p. tardy (adj.).2
… ; dull, stupid," a word of unknown origin; de Vaan gives it "no etymology."
854 Etymology dictionary, p. thick (adj.).2
… ). Meaning "stupid" is first recorded 1590s. Related: Thickly .
855 Etymology dictionary, p. trope (n.).2
… a stupid fellow an ass, or a shrewd man a fox" [Century Dictionary].
856 Etymology dictionary, p. turkey (n.).4
… for stupidity. Meaning "stupid, ineffectual person" is recorded from 1951. Turkey shoot "something easy" is World War II-era, in reference to marksmanship contests …
857 Etymology dictionary, p. twit (n.).2
"foolish, stupid and ineffectual person," 1934, British slang, popular 1950s-60s, crossed over to U.S. with British sitcoms. It probably developed from twit (v.) in the sense of "reproach," but it may be influenced by nitwit .
858 Etymology dictionary, p. wack (n.).2
"crazy person," 1938, back-formation from wacky. Adjective in slang sense of "worthless, stupid," is attested from late 1990s.
859 Etymology dictionary, p. whack (v.).3
Wack, whack in the slang sense of "unappealing; crazy," hence "worthless, stupid" is by 1986, apparently popularized by an anti-drug slogan crack is wack .
860 Etymology dictionary, p. yo-yo (n.).2
… . Meaning "stupid person" is recorded from 1955. The verb in the figurative sense is attested from 1967.