dupe English · revision 1568

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /djuːp/, /dʒuːp/; /duːp/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|dupe|t=deceived person]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from Middle French ''duppe'',^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) originally thieves' jargon,^(Etymonline) probably from ''de huppe'' “of the hoopoe”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(AHD) a bird thought to be stupid-looking.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) Random House explains it as ''tête d'uppe'' “head of a hoopoe”, that is, “fool”.^(RHWU) It is related to [[hoopoe]].^(AHD)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A person who lets himself be deceived; a victim of deception (1681).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline compares other names of supposedly stupid birds applied to foolish people, such as [[booby]], [[goose]] and [[gull]].^(Etymonline) The verb followed in 1704.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) An unrelated ''dupe'', a shortening of [[duplicate]], appeared about 1900.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – French ''duppe''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1681 – noun, a deceived person.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1704 – verb, to deceive.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * about 1900 – ''dupe'', a duplicate, a separate word.^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who is easily deceived or cheated; a [[fool]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A person used as the tool of another person or cause.^(AHD)^(RHWU)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[deceive]] or [[trick]] someone.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dupability]]

+ * [[dupable]]

+ * [[duper]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dupery]]

+ * [[hoopoe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}