dopeyadj.

1896 Sun (N.Y.) Dec. A man who acts as if under the influence of the poppy drug is said to be dopy.

1900 G. Ade More Fables (1902) 179 A Young Man with Hair who played the 'Cello. He was so wrapped up in his Art that he acted Dopey most of the time.

a1909 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 686 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) The patients are said to be ‘dopey’; they are markedly prostrated, indifferent to their surroundings, and want only to be left undisturbed.

1914 R. Brooke Let. Aug. (1968) 607 The general uneasiness..seems to take all the strength out of me. I feel ‘dopey’.

1921 B. Matthews Ess. on Eng. 112 I began to hear men assert that they felt dopy, i.e. sluggish, as though they had taken an opiate.

1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold iii. 97 Henderson was still a bit dopey [after a blow on the head].

1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. iii. vi. 546 ‘Bella, you look all dopy! What's wrong?’.. Her eyes took on a far focus.

1932 J. B. Priestley Dangerous Corner ii. 56 I took three of those tablets I have to make me sleep and now I feel absolutely dopey.

1957 E. Eager Magic by Lake 71 The four children..went on being dopey and droopy and sleepy all afternoon when they did get up.

1896 Cincinnati Enquirer 2 Aug. 2/1 There is an impression of truth to the rather ‘dopy’ proposition that makes it worthy of newspaper space.

1939 S. V. Benét Tales before Midnight 150 ‘He said I was a little angel.’ ‘Was he dopey!’ said her elder, blightingly.

1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain v. 81 Am I dopey? I tell you I heard her.

1957 J. Braine Room at Top 119 It's quite unmistakable, that look—a sort of dopy joyfulness.

1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) xv. 118 ‘I'm off home—I don't feel like it,’ I said. ‘Don't be dopey,’ said Joe.

1963 H. Garner Best Stories 227 Step began to laugh. ‘That dopey foreman. He didn't bother to check with me.’

1915 E. Wallace Melody of Death xii. 212 Will you have a cigar?.. You need not be scared of them... There is nothing dopey or wrong with these.