Added 4 October 2026
stupid
/ˈstjuːpɪd/ adjective
In Latin: stultus, blennus, stupidus Wiktionary
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Without intelligence.
It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
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Lacking in intelligence.
It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
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Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
So I have to pay first, and then wait in line? That's a stupid rule!
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Origin
From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop.
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