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Latin
Etymology
From stup(eō) (“I am stunned, benumbed”) + -idus (suffix denoting tendence).
Pronunciation
Adjective
stupidus (feminine stupida, neuter stupidum); first/second-declension adjective
- senseless, stunned, amazed
- stupid; dull
- Synonyms: fatuus, īnsipiēns, stultus, āmēns, dēmēns, brūtus
- Antonyms: callidus, prūdēns, sapiēns, sollers
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “stupidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stupidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stupidus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stupidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- stupidus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016