stupe

Shortening of stupid.

stupe (plural stupes)

1. (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.

   He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!

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

stupe (plural stupes)

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

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?)

• puets, set up, set-up, setup, spute, upset

stupē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of stupeō

From Old Norse stúpa

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

1. to dive, plunge

• stup (noun)
• stuper (noun)
• stuping

• “stupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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