Etymograph

English

stulty

Stulty comes from Middle English stulty.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stulty1
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1384stulty1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stulty
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1384, Thomas Usk: “Shal fyre ben blamed for it brende a foole…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stultyWiktionary, English stulty
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1384stultyWiktionary, English stulty. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1384, Thomas Usk: “Shal fyre ben blamed for it brende a foole…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to set, be stiff’

local, allow, location, stole, locate, install, stall, lieu, stool, apostle, loco, stalk, locus, stale, locator, epistle, locative, stele, apostolate, stela, stell, stolid, 29 more

Today it means

adj Foolish; silly, stupid.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stulty”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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