Stu"pid (?), a. [L. stupidus, fr.
stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. stupide.]
1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in
understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of
persons.
O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . .
As to forsake the living God!
Milton.
With wild surprise,
A moment stupid, motionless he stood.
Thomson.
2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity;
formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of
things.
Observe what loads of stupid rhymes
Oppress us in corrupted times.
Swift.
Syn. -- Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish;
sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated.
-- Stu"pid*ly (#), adv. --
Stu"pid*ness, n.
Stu"pid (?), a. [L. stupidus, fr.
stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. stupide.]
1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in
understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of
persons.
O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . .
As to forsake the living God!
Milton.
With wild surprise,
A moment stupid, motionless he stood.
Thomson.
2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity;
formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of
things.
Observe what loads of stupid rhymes
Oppress us in corrupted times.
Swift.
Syn. -- Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish;
sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated.
-- Stu"pid*ly (#), adv. --
Stu"pid*ness, n.