stupen.1
/stjuːp/, /stʃuːp/, U.S. /st(j)up/ Medicine. Now rare and chiefly historical.
A wad of tow or lint or a piece of cloth, spec. when used in the fomentation of a wound or a part of the body, typically after being soaked in warm medicated liquid.See also turpentine stupe n. at turpentine n. Compounds 1a.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > fomentation
fomentationa1400
stupea1400
stopine1582
stupa1602
fotus1616
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 53 (MED) Wiþinne þe wounde leie þe ȝelke of an ey, wiþ oile of rosis, with stupis, or ellis wiþ lint.
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 43 (MED) Emplastre with bole armoniac & album ouorum þat..of fomentacioun, mollifying, and resoluyng & of stupe & ligature is competent in processe.
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. iii. f. 94v/1 Applye it with stoupes moysted in water.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 76 I rolled up his head upon a Stuphe, dry wrung from the fomentation.
1708 J. Moyle Chyrurg. Mem. i. 3 As well to focillate the Brain, as to obsorb any sanguinous Humor that might remain extravasated, a Flannel Stupe..was applied.
1862 C. Murchison Treat. Continued Fevers Great Brit. iv. 573 Stupes, moistened with turpentine, or with the compound camphor liniment, ought also to be applied.
1933 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 33 865/1 It has always been extremely difficult for me to give hot wet packs, turpentine stupes, and hot compresses.
2008 E. K. Herrmann in S. B. Lewenson & E. K. Herrmann Capturing Nursing Hist. xi. 160 The first Chase manikin..could be bathed, bandaged, and positioned and receive such topical treatments as stupes and fomentations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
stupen.2adj.
/stjuːp/, /stʃuːp/, U.S. /st(j)up/ colloquial and regional. Now chiefly North American.
A. n.2
1. A stupid person; a fool, an idiot.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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1722 Descr. Bedlam 20 Leaving this Old Stupe, the Keeper conducted me to a Gentleman, who was not so far advanc'd in Years.
1763 I. Bickerstaff Love in Village ii. ii. 29 Mrs. Deb. Brother, he does not look like a music master. J. Woodcock. He does not look, ha, ha, ha, was ever such a poor stupe, well, and what does he look like then?..why you silly wretch.
1817 A. Beauclerc Deserter IV. i. 10 Three-fourths of this assemblage are excessively Vandalic—officers' daughters and officers' wives—poor stupes!
1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps xxxv ‘What a stupe I must be,’ she continued to herself, ‘to imagine that the boy could be in love!’
1940 Bull. Mahoning County (Ohio) Med. Soc. May 137/2 They've had us hopelessly theirs all the time, but didn't tell us, and we, poor stupes, thought we'd outwitted them!
1967 ‘T. Wells’ Dead by Light of Moon (1968) i. 15 His assistant, a big stupe called Jersey Eng.
2000 L. Gough Funny Money x. 44 What a stupe. If his IQ was one point lower, he'd be a cabbage.
2. Used as a nickname or contemptuous form of address for a stupid person.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > nickname or additional name > specific
sixpence1600
goody-two-shoes1785
stupid1790
stupe1855
brain1865
1855 E. D. E. N. Southworth Missing Bride xv. 204 Maria..had mockingly told ‘Stupe’ to be sure and leave a coal sticking to the broom when he swept the ashes up.
1882 R. Jefferies Bevis I. xii. 197 ‘That would do first-rate.’ ‘No it wouldn't; it would weaken the mast, stupe, and the first cyclone would snap it.’
1952 B. Wilder & E. Blum Stalag 17 (1999) 32 Listen, Stupe—the first week I was in this joint somebody stole my Red Cross package, my blanket and my left shoe. Well, I wised up since.
2017 @EulaidaC 12 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Learn English 101, stupe!
B. adj.
Stupid, foolish, idiotic.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]
sloweOE
stuntc960
dullOE
hardOE
stuntlyc1000
sotc1050
dillc1175
dulta1225
simplea1325
heavy1340
astonedc1374
sheepishc1380
dull-witteda1387
lourd1390
steerishc1411
ass-likea1425
brainless?a1439
deafc1440
sluggishc1450
short-witted1477
obtuse1509
peakish1519
wearish1519
deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520
doileda1522
gross1526
headlessa1530
stulty1532
ass-headed1533
pot-headed1533
stupid?1541
sheep's head1542
doltish1543
dumpish1545
assish1548
blockish1548
slow-witted1548
blockheaded1549
surd1551
dull-headed1552
hammer-headed1552
skit-brained?1553
buzzardly1561
witless1562
log-headeda1566
assy1566
sottish1566
dastardly1567
stupidious1567
beetle-headed1570
calvish1570
bluntish1578
cod's-headed1578
grout-headed1578
bedaft1579
dull-pated1580
blate1581
buzzard-like1581
long-eared1582
dullard1583
woodena1586
duncical1588
leaden-headed1589
buzzard1592
dorbellical1592
dunstical1592
heavy-headeda1593
shallow-brained1592
blunt-witted1594
mossy1597
Bœotian1598
clay-brained1598
fat1598
fat-witted1598
knotty-pated1598
stupidous1598
wit-lost1599
barren1600
duncifiedc1600
lourdish1600
stockish1600
thick1600
booby1603
leaden-pated1603
partless1603
thin-headed1603
leaden-skulledc1604
blockhead1606
frost-brained1606
ram-headed1608
beef-witted1609
insulse1609
leaden-spirited1609
asininec1610
clumse1611
blockheadly1612
wattle-headed1613
flata1616
logger-headeda1616
puppy-headeda1616
shallow-patedc1616
thick-brained1619
half-headed1621
buzzard-blinda1625
beef-brained1628
toom-headed1629
thick-witted1634
woollen-witted1635
squirrel-headed1637
clod-pated1639
lean-souled1639
muddy-headed1642
leaden-witteda1645
as sad as any mallet1645
under-headed1646
fat-headed1647
half-witted1647
insipid1651
insulsate1652
soft-headed1653
thick-skulleda1657
muddish1658
non-intelligent1659
whey-brained1660
sap-headed1665
timber-headed1666
leather-headeda1668
out of (one's) tree1669
boobily1673
thoughtless1673
lourdly1674
logger1675
unintelligenta1676
Bœotic1678
chicken-brained1678
under-witted1683
loggerhead1684
dunderheaded1692
unintelligible1694
buffle-headed1697
crassicc1700
numbskulled1707
crassous1708
doddy-polled1708
haggis-headed1715
niddy-noddy1722
muzzy1723
pudding-headed1726
sumphish1728
pitcher-souleda1739
duncey1743
hebete1743
chuckheaded1756
dumb1756
duncely1757
imbecile1766
mutton-headed1768
chuckle-headed1770
jobbernowl1770
dowfarta1774
boobyish1778
wittol1780
staumrel1787
opaquec1789
stoopid1791
mud-headed1793
borné1795
muzzy-headed1798
nog-headed1800
thick-headed1801
gypit1804
duncish1805
lightweight1809
numbskull1814
tup-headed1816
chuckle-pate1820
unintellectuala1821
dense1822
ninnyish1822
dunch1825
fozy1825
potato-headed1826
beef-headed1828
donkeyish1831
blockheadish1833
pinheaded1837
squirrel-minded1837
pumpkin-headed1838
tomfoolish1838
dundering1840
chicken-headed1842
like a bump on a log1842
ninny-minded1849
numbheadeda1852
nincompoopish1852
suet-brained1852
dolly1853
mullet-headed1853
sodden1853
fiddle-headed1854
numb1854
bovine1855
logy1859
crass1861
unsmart1861
off his chump1864
wooden-headed1865
stupe1866
lean-minded1867
duffing1869
cretinous1871
doddering1871
thick-head1873
doddling1874
stupido1879
boneheaded1883
woolly-headed1883
leaden-natured1889
suet-headed1890
sam-sodden1891
dopey1896
turnip-headed1898
bonehead1903
wool-witted1905
peanut-headed1906
peanut-brained1907
dilly1909
torpid-minded1909
retardate1912
nitwitted1917
meat-headed1918
mug1922
cloth-headed1925
loopy1925
nitwit1928
lame-brained1929
dead from the neck up1930
simpy1932
nail-headed1936
square-headed1936
dingbats1937
pinhead1939
dim-witted1940
pea-brained1942
clueless1943
lobotomized1943
retarded1949
pointy-headed1950
clottish1952
like a stunned mullet1953
silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954
out to lunch1955
pin-brained1958
dozy1959
eejity1964
out of one's tiny mind1965
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
twatty1975
twattish1976
blur1977
dof1979
goofus1981
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
numpty1992
cockish1996
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Stupe, stupid.
1941 Woman's Home Compan. Nov. 44/3 ‘Maybe she's not got a last name.’ ‘Don't be stupe. Ever'body's got a last name.’
1967 ‘E. McGirr’ Here lies my Wife v. 151 He carries on..all the time. He's stupe.
1994 J. Axler Road Wars xxix. 268 How's your head feeling? Or is that a stupe question?
2009 @rebekah_eve 8 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Realising why I don't come on here... Twittering and then waiting for people to twitter is stupe!! :D.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
stupev.
/stjuːp/, /stʃuːp/, U.S. /st(j)up/ Medicine.† 2. transitive. To moisten (lint or cloth) in medicated liquid so as to make a stupe. Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To apply a stupe to (a wound, part of the body, etc.); to foment. Now rare.In quot. 1525 intransitive with on.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > treat hydropathically [verb (transitive)] > bathe, sprinkle, or foment
beathc1000
foment?a1425
stupe1525
fomentate1559
embroche1575
pump1598
embrocate1628
irrigate1876
1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. xlviii. sig. L.ii/1 Commaunde you ye pacyent to stupe on ye wounde.
1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds iii. 28 These Wounds I stuped with a decoct.
1735 J. Ferguson Let. 18 Feb. in Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) (1741) 40 426 The Abdomen was stuped twice a Day with an emollient Fomentation.
1843 in R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxix. 390 I..stuped the part with warm water and laudanum.
1947 M. M. Justin & L. O. Rust Today's Home Living xvi. 690 Between intervals, sterile vaseline should be applied to the area being stuped.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > use dressing for wound or ulcer [verb (intransitive)] > form a stupe
stupe?1540
?1540 Pract. Cyrurgyons sig. A.jv And then he putteth and layeth betweene those partyes and the Skul Ronlettes, stupes, or plagettes made of lynte, Cotten or other lyke stuped or dypped in hote Oyles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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