different between stupe vs stupefy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stju?p/, /stu?p/

Etymology 1

Shortening of stupid.

Noun

stupe (plural stupes)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Latin st?pa, 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.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises

     stupe it at least thrice a Day

Anagrams

• TUPEs, Tse-p'u, puets, set up, set-up, setup, spute, upset

Latin

Verb

stup?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of stupe?

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

Related terms

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

References

• “stupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of stupa

English

Etymology

From Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaci? (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupe? (“I am stunned, speechless”) (English stupid, stupor) + faci? (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st(j)up??fa?/, /?st?up??fa?/

Verb

stupefy (third-person singular simple present stupefies, present participle stupefying, simple past and past participle stupefied)

1. (transitive) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle or stun.

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