dopey
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From dope (“stupid person”) + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdəʊpi/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊpi
Adjective
dopey (comparative dopier, superlative dopiest)
- Stupid, silly.
- 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 164:
- Some dopey movie actor was standing near us, having a cigarette.
- 2010, Nicky Haslam, Redeeming Features, page 211:
- 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 […]