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dullness

English

Alternative forms

  • dulness

Etymology

From dull +? -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?l.n?s/

Noun

dullness (usually uncountable, plural dullnesses)

  1. The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity.
  2. The quality of being uninteresting; boring or irksome.
  3. Lack of interest or excitement.
  4. The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.
  5. (of an edge) bluntness.
  6. The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly.
  7. (archaic) Drowsiness.
    • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
      Prospero: [] Thou art inclin'd to sleep. 'Tis a good dulness, / And give it way— I know thou canst not choose.

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stupidity

English

Alternative forms

  • stupidité (rare)

Etymology

From Latin stupidit?tem, accusative of Latin stupidit?s, equivalent to stupid +? -ity.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stju??p?d?ti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /stu?p?d?ti/
  • Rhymes: -?d?ti
  • Hyphenation: stu?pid?i?ty

Noun

stupidity (countable and uncountable, plural stupidities)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being stupid.
  2. (countable) An act that is stupid.

Synonyms

  • dumbness
  • unintelligence
  • idiocy

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