STUPID
\stjˈuːpɪd], \stjˈuːpɪd], \s_t_j_ˈuː_p_ɪ_d]\
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st[=u]'pid, adj. struck senseless: insensible: deficient or dull in understanding: formed or done without reason or judgment: foolish: unskilful.--ns. STUPE (coll.), a stupid person; ST[=U]PID'ITY, ST[=U]'PIDNESS.--adv. ST[=U]'PIDLY. [Fr.,--L. stupidus.]
By Thomas Davidson
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In a state of stupor or lethargy; dull by nature, slow-witted, lacking in sensibility, obtuse, crass, characteristic of persons of this nature, (a s. person, joke, idea, book, fright; what a s. place to put it in!), whence stupidity n.; uninteresting, dull, (a s. place, visit, time). Hence stupidly adv. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
