单词 | stupidish |
释义 | stupidishadj. Now somewhat rare. Somewhat stupid (in various senses); esp. (in early use) rather dull or tiresome; (in later use) somewhat lacking in intelligence, slightly foolish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > somewhat dullish1399 stupidish1806 dim1892 1806 L. Gurney Let. Oct. in A. J. C. Hare Gurneys of Earlham (1895) I. 153 On Monday we had a stupidish dinner at the Fellowes'. 1813 J. Austen Let. 14 Oct. (1995) 237 It was stupidish; Fanny did her part very well, but there was a lack of Talk altogether. 1823 C. Lamb Let. 24 Feb. (1888) II. iv. ccxi. 67 Southern..objected to the circumstances as being untrue, when the rest of the story was founded on fact; which shows S. to have been a stupid-ish fellow. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. xiii. 463 Much can be done in that way with stupidish populations. 1942 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 15 Feb. 8 b/8 No wonder the many stupidish touring school teachers from abroad do not understand us. Why should they? 2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 21 July (Metropolitan section) 2 Here was a simple girl living her life in front of the cameras in a natural, annoying, sweet, stupidish fashion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1806 |
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