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A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt. [Obs.] outh. In Egypt oft has seen the sot bow down, And reverence some dOldham.

The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare." Churchill.

A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick. [Colloq.]

Like a stock; stupid; blockish. Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. Shak.

Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.

The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity. Indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle all arguments, and be proof against demonstration itself. Bentley.

A stupid person. [Obs.]

The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied. [Written also stupifaction.] Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and stupefaction upon it. South.

Same as Stupefacient. [Written also stupifactive.]

Having been made stupid.

Quality of being stupid.

To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid. The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain. South.

Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.

lton. If this atheist would have his chance to be real and substantial agent, he is more stupid than the vulgar. Bentley.

Having a thick skull; stupid.

Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

A thick-headed or stupid person. [Colloq.]

Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly, adv. -- Thought"less*ness, n.

The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or gait; a prance or caper. [Written also titup.]

Given to tittuping; gay; lively; prancing; also, shaky; unsteady.