noun
dope
A foolish or easily deceived person.
I feel like a dope when I forget my own password.
Etymology
Dutch doop meant a sauce or dip. English dope came to mean a thick preparation; the insulting personal sense is associated with the familiar metaphor of someone being thick-headed or slow to understand.
More examples
- Don't be a dope and give a stranger your bank details.
- Those dopes believe every rumor they hear.
- I was such a dope to leave the tickets at home.
Forms
dope · dopes
dopey adjective — Foolish or slow to understand things.