Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hot, wet, often medicated cloth used as a compress.
- noun A stupid person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stupid person.
- To apply a stupe to; foment.
- noun A pledget of tow, flannel, or similar material, used as a dressing in treating a wound.
- noun Flannel or other cloth wrung out of hot water and applied as a fomentation. It may he sprinkled with some active substance, as turpentine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.
- transitive verb To foment with a stupe.
- noun obsolete A stupid person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang A
stupid person or (rarely)thing . - noun a hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is not very bright
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I want "stupe" and his fellow travelers to admit it.
"Many people will express sympathy, but you don’t want or need that, because Trig will be a joy." Ann Althouse 2008
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I actually hunt with a lot of outfitters -- I do all of my own scouting and I hang my own stands -- but I would never hunt with an operation that would stupe to this level to gain financial gain.
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Now everyone's in this little stupe that "animated stuff is only for kids".
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Hell, neither of them is a stupe; offer one of them a cabinet post, and get the other one to switch parties.
"Lieberman Has Revealed Beliefs And Values Inconsistent With The Democratic Party" 2009
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Who the hell is stupe, and why should he/she get to speak for the liberal mindset?
"Many people will express sympathy, but you don’t want or need that, because Trig will be a joy." Ann Althouse 2008
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"Why would she tell you, stupe?" the peeve demanded.
Pet Peeve Anthony, Piers 2005
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"The Hells I will, that's the Forest of Sorrows, ya stupe!"
And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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He walks Outfit and talks Outfit, but he's really just a stupe from Hoboken, New Jersey.
American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995
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He watched Dougie lug his gear into the house -- this carrot-topped stupe about to be world-famous.
American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995
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Nev gawked like any off-world stupe, while Ni Morgana's expression was of delighted appreciation.
First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993
Gammerstang commented on the word stupe
(noun) - Cloth or flax dipped in warm medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore; a sweating-bath. --Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850
April 22, 2018
qms commented on the word stupe
The witch who was doc for the group
Would steep an old napkin in soup.
When spells went awry
A broth of newt’s eye
Would make a most excellent stupe.
September 9, 2018