: a hot wet often medicated cloth applied externally (as to stimulate circulation)
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- cuddy [British dialect]
- cuddie
- deadhead
- dim bulb [slang]
- dimwit
- dip
- dodo
- dolt
- donkey
- doofus [slang]
- dope
- dork [slang]
- dullard
- dum-dum
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- fathead
- gander
- golem
- goof
- goon
- half-wit
- hammerhead
- hardhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jackass
- know-nothing
- knucklehead
- lamebrain
- loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
- loon
- lump
- lunkhead
- meathead
- mome [archaic]
- moron
- mug [chiefly British]
- mutt
- natural
- nimrod [slang]
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- noddy
- noodle
- numskull
- numbskull
- oaf
- pinhead
- prat [British]
- ratbag [chiefly Australian]
- saphead
- schlub [slang]
- shlub
- schnook [slang]
- simpleton
- stock
- stupid
- thickhead
- turkey
- woodenhead
- yahoo
- yo-yo
Examples of stupe in a Sentence
Noun (2)
with stupes like that, no wonder city hall is a mess
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French, literally, tow, from Latin stuppa coarse part of flax, tow, from Greek styppē
Noun (2)
short for stupid
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1722, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of stupe was
in the 14th century
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Cite this Entry
“Stupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupe. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
Medical Definition
stupe
noun
: a hot wet often medicated cloth applied externally (as to stimulate circulation)
a turpentine stupe
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