Dictionary

dopey en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdəʊpi/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English dope Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dopey From dope (“stupid person”) + -y.

Meanings

1. Stupid, silly.
   • Some dopey movie actor was standing near us, having a cigarette. 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 164:
   • 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 […] 2010, Nicky Haslam, Redeeming Features, page 211:
   • Your prose is dopey / Think you should only / Write in emoji 2014, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Word Crimes”:

Forms

Deriveds

dopiness