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Look, dumbass, under "Inflected Form":
Main Entry: stupid
Pronunciation:*st
*p*d
Function:adjective
>>>Inflected Form:-er/-est
Etymology:Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus, from stup*re to
be benumbed, be astonished, be stupefied; akin to Greek typtein to
beat, strike * more at TYPE
1 a : slow of mind : UNIMAGINATIVE, OBTUSE, INSENSITIVE *came to regard
them as stupid, sensual, veritable children of Adam- V.L.Parrington*
*will defy the most phlegmatic and stupid spectator to behold it
without admiration- Tobias Smollett* *bellowed into his ear as if he
were deaf instead of stupid- Anthony Trollope* b : given to
unintelligent decisions or acts : UNTHINKING, IRRATIONAL *while he may
be wrong T he is never stupid- G.W.Johnson* *consider myself at least
stupid for not having profited from many opportunities- Emery Neff*
*reality is right under your stupid nose- Lionel Trilling* c :
lacking intelligence or reasoning power : BRUTISH *getting the better
of stupider beasts- G.A.Morgan*
2 a : dulled in feeling or sensation : being in a state of stupor :
TORPID *stupid with drink- Sherwood Anderson* *stupid with the lust
of gain and the sloth of slavery- Van Wyck Brooks* *let fall the
stupid inanimate limbs of the gone wretch- George Meredith* b :
incapable of feeling or sensation : INANIMATE *nothing is quite so
stupid as a fact- A.L.Gu*rard* *the stupid rain came down in
buckets- J.W.Ellison b.1929*
3 : marked by or resulting from dullness or unintelligent thinking :
SENSELESS *a stupid refusal to be realistic- W.F.Hambly* *appalling
capacity of collective man for stupid, blind, self-destructive
behavior- H.J.Muller* *takes everything seriously in a stupid and
unimaginative fashion- K.T.Bluth* *it is stupid to wait until a
probable enemy has gained a foothold from which to attack-
F.D.Roosevelt*
4 : lacking interest or point : DREARY, BORING *went to an awfully
stupid evening T Monday night- Rachel Henning* *would not have minded
his going to this stupid lunch- A.J.Cronin* *a really stupid
performance*
5 dialect England : OBSTINATE, MULISH
synonyms DULL, DENSE, CRASS, DUMB: STUPID applies to a sluggish,
slow-witted want of intelligence or comprehension, often congenital or
accustomed; it may apply to a senseless, benumbed, or dazed condition
*so stupid and so obstinate that it was impossible to get him to do or
understand anything- Anthony Trollope* *stupid with liquor and unable
to understand that the ambulance had already gone- Scott Fitzgerald*
*sleepy and stupid after a broken night and a hard day's work-
Dorothy Sayers* DULL strongly implies sluggish labored slowness of
mind, with utter lack of quickness, brightness, or liveliness *a dull,
ambitionless, vegetating individual- J.A.Brussel* *with its impotent
ruling classes and its dull and puritanical middle classes- Edward
Shils* DENSE applies to a blockheaded thick imperviousness or
insensitive obtuseness *she never offered to take me over the house,
though I gave her the broadest hints * she's very dense- Clive Arden*
CRASS suggests a fatheaded grossness precluding delicacy,
discrimination, or refinement *in deep disgust at the farrier's crass
incompetence to apprehend the conditions of ghostly phenomena- George
Eliot* *a crass bonehead capable of sneering at the progress of the
human race- Don Marquis* DUMB may apply to an imperceptive vexatious
obtuseness *that the nutmegs were easily sold and eagerly bought is
beside the story; the wonder is that we Southerners were so dumb, we
did not know the difference- Erskine Caldwell* *I guess I was pretty
dumb that morning, but a fellow in love never sees beyond his own
nose- Vicki Baum*
Neil Ellwood wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:08:28 -0700, uraniumcommittee wrote:
>
> > One and MANY two-syllable words are inflected by 'er', 'est',
> > especially when ending in 'y'.
> >
> > Common, commoner, commonest...
> >
> > Happy, happier, happiest...
> >
> > Clever, cleverer, cleverest.
> >
> > Stupid, stupider, stupidest...
> >
> > Silly, sillier, silliest...
> >
> > See:
> >
> >
http
/www.edu.pe.ca/vrcs/studentwork/2001/gr9/grammar/comparative.htm
> This is of course another proof that you do not know what you are talking
> about. The word you made up (stupider) does not come in the list and
> couldn't as it doesn't exist. Look up the rules of grammar to see when to
> use the others and with a bit of luck you might start talking sense which
> would be a first.
>
> --
> neil
> delete delete to reply
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