stupe

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of stupid.

Noun

stupe (plural stupes)

  1. (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
    He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.

Noun

stupe (plural stupes)

  1. A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

Verb

stupe (third-person singular simple present stupes, present participle stuping, simple past and past participle stuped)

  1. To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wiseman to this entry?)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

stupē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of stupeō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stúpa

Verb

stupe (imperative stup, present tense stuper, passive stupes, simple past stupte, past participle stupt, present participle stupende)

  1. to dive, plunge

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stupe (present tense stuper or styp, past tense stupte or staup, past participle stupt or stope, present participle stupande, imperative stup)

  1. Alternative form of stupa
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