stupid

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

STUPID, adjective [Latin , 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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