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English

Etymology

From the name Jenny, a diminutive of Janet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni
• Hyphenation: jen?ny

Noun

jenny (plural jennies)

1. A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
2. A female creature of certain kinds, such as wren and donkey.
3. A catmill.

Derived terms

• jenny wren

Translations

Further reading

• Spinning Jenny on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jen?y/, [?je?n?y]
• Rhymes: -en?y
• Syllabification: jen?ny

Noun

jenny

1. (nautical, sailing) Synonym of genua.

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupe? (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to wonder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to stand, stay”). Cognate with Old High German stubar?n (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). See stop.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?stju?p?d/
• (Northern UK) IPA^(key): /??tju?p?d/, /st??ju?p?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st(j)up?d/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /??t??j??p?d/

Adjective

stupid (comparative stupider or more stupid, superlative stupidest or most stupid)

1. Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

   Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
2. To the point of stupor.

   Neurobiology bores me stupid.

3. (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
   • 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:

     No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.

4. (archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
   • 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:

     Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.

5. Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid
6. (slang) Amazing.

   That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!

7. (slang) Darn, annoying.

   I fell over the stupid wire.

   • 2018, "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" DuckTales:

     Duey: "It's too narrow for all three of us. Oh, bummer!"

     Huey "Or we could just go single file."

     Duey "Stupid smart Huey..."

Derived terms

Related terms

Synonyms

• inept

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “stupid”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Adverb

stupid (comparative more stupid, superlative most stupid)

1. (slang) Extremely.

   My gear is stupid fly.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: Aw, we did, didn't we? I'm sorry. I'm so stupid in love with you.

Translations

Noun

stupid (countable and uncountable, plural stupids)

1. A stupid person; a fool.
   • 1922, Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch

     "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
2. (colloquial, uncountable) The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin stupidus (“senseless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stupi?d/, [sd?u?p?ið?]
• Rhymes: -id

Adjective

stupid

1. oafish
2. stupid (lacking in intelligence)

Inflection

Related terms

• stupiditet

Romanian

Etymology

French stupide, Latin stupidus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stu?pid]

Adjective

stupid m or n (feminine singular stupid?, masculine plural stupizi, feminine and neuter plural stupide)

1. stupid

   Synonyms: idiot, prost, tâmpit

Declension

Adverb

stupid

1. stupidly

Related terms

• stupiditate