adj.
(stupider, stupidest)
- lacking intelligence or common sense.
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informal used to express exasperation or boredom:
stop messing about with your stupid paintings!
- dazed and unable to think clearly.
Derivative
- stupidity n.
- stupidly adv.
- stupidness n. (chiefly W. Indian).
Etymology
C16: from Fr. stupide or L. stupidus, from stupere ‘be amazed or stunned’.