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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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STUPIT, adj. Also stupeed (Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 42); stoopit (Ayr. 1835 Galt in Tait's Mag. (Jan.) 131, Mry. 1873 J. T. Brown Round Table Club 336; Abd. 1909 Banffshire Jnl. (9 Feb.) 6, ne.Sc. 1925), stuippit, stoopid (Sh. 1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. 62, Sh. 1971). Sc. forms of Eng. stupid (Bwk. 1801 “Bwk. Sandie” Poems 35, 95; Sc. 1826 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 235; Abd. 1880 W. Robbie Yonderton i.; Sc. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xxix.; Abd. 1924 M. Argo Janet's Choice 16). [′stupɪt, Sh. -ɪd: ne.Sc. + ′stjupid] Comb. stupid-fou, stupefied with drink, in a muddled drunken state.Edb. 1900 E. Strain Elmslie's Drag-net 39:
He was na stupid-fou — fechtin' fou was mair like his state.wm.Sc. 1985 Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 26:
Again! Yiz'll be the daith o' me!
Don't be stupit! C'mere the baith o' ye.Gsw. 1985 Michael Elder Stookie 16:
"You do," said Stookie, "and they're gey stupit orders and I'm sick o' hearin' them."Gsw. 1990 John and Willy Maley From the Calton to Catalonia 19:
Ah'm no stupit.Sc. 1994 Pete Fortune in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 153:
We wur doon the Quarter Gill public hoose (or ti gie it its stuippit new-fangled teetle, The Gryphon)m.Sc. 1994 Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 6:
An then yir mither'll turn oan me wi wan ae her stupit bloody sermons!Edb. 1995 Irvine Welsh Marabou Stork Nightmares (1996) 10:
You fuckin stupit or somethin?! Talkin like that in front ay Roy! Ye dinna ken what the laddie kin hear, how it effects um! Like ah sais, ye fuckin stupit? Ah'm askin ye! Ye fuckin stupit?