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stupe
1[ stoop, styoop ]
noun
- two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
stupe
2[ stoop ]
noun
Slang.
- a stupid person.
stupe
1/ ː /
noun
- med a hot damp cloth, usually sprinkled with an irritant, applied to the body to relieve pain by counterirritation
stupe
2/ ː /
noun
- slang.a stupid person; clot
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stupe1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ū貹, variant of stuppa < Greek ýŧ flax, hemp, tow
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stupe1
C14: from Latin stuppa flax, from Greek ٳܱŧ
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Tympanites should be met by warm stupes, large enemas of warm water with fl. drachm j tincture of asafoetida or fl. oz. j of whiskey.
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The treatment is rest in bed, opium, hot stupes to the abdomen and quinine.
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Moist heat by hot baths, fomentations, turpentine stupes, and poultices.
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“You awful stupe,” said Mark, under his breath.
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a stupe—She is superior as a Rose to a Dandelion.
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