dupa'bility
World English Dictionary
dupe (djuːp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who is easily deceived |
| 2. | a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool |
| [C17: from French, from Old French duppe, contraction of de huppe of (a) hoopoe (from Latin upupa); from the bird's reputation for extreme stupidity] | |
| 'dupable | |
| —adj | |
| dupa'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'duper | |
| —n | |
| 'dupery | |
| —n | |
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