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Webster 1913 Edition

Stupid

Stu′pid

,
Adj.
[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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stupid

STUPID

,
Adj.
[L., to be stupefied, properly to stop. See Stop.]
1.
Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish.
O that men should be so stupid grown, as to forsake the living God.
With wild surprise, a moment stupid, motionless he stood.
2.
Dull; heavy; formed without skill or genius.
Observe what loads of stupid rhymes oppress us in corrupted times.

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