dopeyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From dope (“stupid person”) +‎ -y.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊpi/
• 韻: -əʊpi

形容詞

dopey (comparative more dopey, superlative most dopey)

1. Stupid, silly.
   • 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Little, Brown and Company, OCLC 287628, 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 […]

派生語

• dopiness