stupe1
/stjuːp
/archaic
noun
A piece of soft cloth or cotton wool dipped in hot water and used to make a poultice.
verb [with object]
Treat with a stupe poultice.
Origin
Late Middle English (as a noun): via Latin from Greek stupē.
Rhymes
stupe2
/stjuːp/noun informal
A stupid person: it was a show for epsilon-minus stupes
Origin
Mid 18th century: abbreviation of stupid.
- stridulant
- stridulate
- stridulation
- stridulatory
- stridulous
- strife
- strigil
- strigose
- strikable
- strike
- strike a balance
- strike a blow for (or against)
- strike a blow for (or at/against)
- strike a chord
- strike a discordant note
- strike a light
- strike an attitude (or pose)
- strike at the root (or roots) of
- strike back
- strike-break
- strike-breaker
- strike force
- strike gold
- strike hands
- strike home