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    stupe
    /stjuːp/

    noun

    • 1. a piece of soft cloth or cotton wool dipped in hot water and used to make a poultice.

    verb

    • 1. treat with a stupe poultice.

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  3. Stupe definition: two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.. See examples of STUPE used in a sentence.

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    • Stupefacient

      Stupefacient definition: stupefying; producing stupor.. See...

    • Stupefactive

      Stupefactive definition: serving to stupefy.. See examples...

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      Stupefaction definition: the state of being stupefied;...

  4. There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word stupe. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in North American English.

  5. 2 meanings: medicine a hot damp cloth, usually sprinkled with an irritant, applied to the body to relieve pain by.... Click for more definitions.

  6. a person who is not very bright. synonyms: dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupid, stupid person. see more.

  7. The earliest known use of the noun stupe is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for stupe is from before 1400, in Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie. stupe is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French.

  8. Stupe can mean a hot, wet cloth used as a compress or a slang term for a stupid person. Find out the origin, pronunciation and translations of stupe from various sources.

  9. Sep 27, 2024 · stupe (plural stupes) (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing. He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe! George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning. She doesn't know it's you, stupe. There's six parties on the line!

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