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adjective

Dopy, Dopey adj. (compar. dopier; superl. dopiest)

Stupid; as, a dopy kid. (Colloq.)

Synonyms: cloddish, doltish.

Dulled or stupefied by alcohol or narcotics; sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. (Slang)

Revealing stupidity; as, a dopey answer.

Synonyms: anserine, dopey, fool(prenominal), foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike.

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Etymology of 'Dopey'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dopey" Quotes from Famous Books

... it might wake me up too much just before going to my blanket, you see, Toby. It's a bad thing to get too active when you ought to be hitting the hay, and feel dopey. I've heard my dad say so lots of times. Keeps you wakeful all through the first part of the night. But that trap's all right, I'm tellin' you, Toby. If only some animal big enough to jerk the bow free comes along and ...

— Chums of the Camp Fire • Lawrence J. Leslie

... your witches came on, shouting that thing about make it clean NOW. I went right back and started in on the questioning again, but the guy they brought in for me to question next was—not dopey. He was ... well, there's a difference between boys with the monkey on their back, and when there's no monkey. There was no monkey, but the kid began giving me everything he knew would take us to the higher-ups. It was being taped, of course, ...

— Prologue to an Analogue • Leigh Richmond

... to yell, Charley—only you scared me. I thought maybe it was one of them fresh guys that hang round here; all of 'em look so dopey and all. I—You know I never was strong for this ...

— Every Soul Hath Its Song • Fannie Hurst

... it drives me nearly batty when I hear my only child springing wads of hard boiled language such as dips and yegg-men use, and I want a reformation or I'll stroke you with my shoes. Using slang is just a habit, just a cheap and dopey trick; if you hump yourself and try to, you can shake it pretty quick. Watch my curves and imitate them, weigh your words before they're sprung, and in age you'll bless the habit that you formed ...

— Rippling Rhymes • Walt Mason

... selected for her Steady 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, and often forgot to send out the Laundry so as to get it back the same Week. Furthermore, he didn't get to the Suds any too often. He never Saw more than $3 at one time; but when he snuggled up alongside of a 'Cello and began to tease the long, sad Notes out of ...

— More Fables • George Ade