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Word: stupidity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

...charmingly you talk! No one can be stupid who is blessed with your company," said Sue, with a coquettish glance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR FIRST FAMILIES. | 11/11/1881 | See Source »

...ability, plenty of confidence, and, above all, you must keep trying. If you keep trying all the time you are sure to hit on something that will pass for a witticism, and when you have once got off a good thing you can afford to be silly or stupid for a month - or until the next lucky hit. Remember that "many a jest word's spoke in truth;" or to put it more plainly, many a good thing's said without malice aforethought. Just talk a little vaguely, and people (after you've got up your reputation) will be sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADVCIE. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

...Miss C., don't you think, aw, a lecture is a trifle stupid, aw? Let's adjourn for a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT WE ARE COMING TO; OR, HARVARD IN 1981. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »

...dull geometry and stupid Greek...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPECTRE DEGREE. | 12/10/1880 | See Source »

...best is a vagabond stupid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPECTRE DEGREE. | 12/10/1880 | See Source »

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