dopey
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dope (“stupid person”) + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dopey (comparative dopier, superlative dopiest)
- Stupid, silly.
- 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 164:
- Some dopey movie actor was standing near us, having a cigarette.
- 2010, Nicky Haslam, Redeeming Features, page 211:
- We were all convinced there was a poltergeist in David's flat and had the dopey idea of taking it as a present to Jimmy. We “captured'” the ghost in a paper bag […]