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stu⋅pid

  [stoo-pid, styoo‑] adjective, -er, -est, noun
–adjective
1. lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
2. characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: a stupid question.
3. tediously dull, esp. due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless: a stupid party.
4. annoying or irritating; troublesome: Turn off that stupid radio.
5. in a state of stupor; stupefied: stupid from fatigue.
6. Slang. excellent; terrific.
–noun
7. Informal. a stupid person.
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Origin:
1535–45; < L stupidus = stup(ēre) to be numb or stunned + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
stu⋅pid⋅ly, adverb
stu⋅pid⋅ness, noun
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stu·pid   (stōō'pĭd, styōō'-)   
adj.   stu·pid·er, stu·pid·est

  1. Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.

  2. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.

  3. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake.

  4. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied.

  5. Pointless; worthless: a stupid job.

n.  A stupid or foolish person.

[Latin stupidus, from stupēre, to be stunned.]
stu'pid·ly adv., stu'pid·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
stupid

  1. mod.
    drunk. (See also get stupid.) : These kids are so stupid they can't see straight. They're all going to be sick.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

stupid 
1541, "mentally slow," from M.Fr. stupide, from L. stupidus "amazed, confounded," lit. "struck senseless," from stupere "be stunned, amazed, confounded," from PIE *(s)tupe- "hit," from base *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)). Native words for this idea include negative compounds with words for "wise" (cf. O.E. unwis, unsnotor, ungleaw), also dol (from root of Ger. toll "mad," related to Gk. tholeros "muddy, turbid"), and dysig (see dizzy). Stupid retained its association with stupor and its overtones of "stunned by surprise, grief, etc." into mid-18c. The difference between stupid and the less opprobrious foolish roughly parallels that of Ger. töricht vs. dumm but does not exist in most European languages.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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