dum.
stupid, dense, dumb, thick, dim
Meaning & usage
stupid, dense, dumb, thick, dim
foolish, silly, daft
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish dumb, dum, from Old Norse dumbr (“dumb”), and in the main sense stupid from German dumm. Both from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Low German dumm, Dutch dom, German dumm.
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