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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1590-1597, 1687
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Stupid(e, adj. [e.m.E. stupyd(e (1541), stupide (1605), L. stupidus.] a. Unable to comprehend, dull-witted. b. Indicating a lack of feeling, sensibility or comprehension. —a. c1590 Fowler I 47/2.
So muche my hart wes then amaised, … That I thair stoode, euen as a man that stupid stands and dull 1597 James VI Dæmonol. (STS) 7/15.
Finding all naturall thinges common, aswell to the stupide pedants as vnto them —b. 1687 Shields Hind Let Loose Pref. iv.
Slaves, mancipated to a stupid subjection to tyrants absoluteness
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