dupe
1
[ doop, dyoop ]
/ dup, dyup /
noun
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents.
verb (used with object), duped, dup·ing.
to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick.
Origin of dupe
1
1675–85; < French; Middle French
duppe for *(
tête)
d'uppe head of hoopoe, i.e., fool (compare
tête de fou) < Vulgar Latin
*uppa, Latin
upupa hoopoe, a bird thought to be especially stupid; cf.
hoopoe
OTHER WORDS FROM dupe
dup·a·ble, adjective dup·a·bil·i·ty, noun dup·er, noun un·dup·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby dupe
Definition for dupe (2 of 2)
dupe
2
[ doop, dyoop ]
/ dup, dyup /
noun
verb (used with or without object), duped, dup·ing.
to duplicate.
adjective
Origin of dupe
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First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening
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British Dictionary definitions for dupe
dupe
/ (djuːp) /
noun
a person who is easily deceived
a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power
verb
(tr)
to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool
Derived forms of dupe
dupable, adjective dupability, noun duper, noun dupery, nounWord Origin for dupe
C17: from French, from Old French
duppe, contraction of
de huppe of (a) hoopoe (from Latin
upupa); from the bird's reputation for extreme stupidity