stupe
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Shortening of stupid.
Noun edit
stupe (plural stupes)
- (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
- He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!
- 1984, Stephen King, Gramma:
- George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning.
She doesn't know it's you, stupe. There's six parties on the line!
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.
Noun edit
stupe (plural stupes)
- A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.
- 1623, John Fletcher, The Lover's Progress:
- And get your plasters, and your warm stupes ready.
Verb edit
stupe (third-person singular simple present stupes, present participle stuping, simple past and past participle stuped)
- To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:
- stupe it at least thrice a Day
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
stupē
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
stupe (imperative stup, present tense stuper, passive stupes, simple past stupte, past participle stupt, present participle stupende)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “stupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
stupe (present tense stuper or styp, past tense stupte or staup, supine stupt or stope, past participle stupt or stopen, present participle stupande, imperative stup)
- Alternative form of stupa