Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: STUPID
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 748 | Higgins (1923) | STUPID | STUPID | STUPID: Knuckles of closed right hand, vertical palm inward, struck against the side of forehead. (Dunce) (Dull). | 131 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=748&refid=higgins1923 |
| 255 | Long (1918) | STUPID | DUNCE | DUNCE: Knock the joints of the fingers of right "A" hand against the forehead. | 39 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=255&refid=long1918 |
| 596 | Long (1918) | STUPID | DULL, STUPID | DULL, STUPID: Strike the forehead with the fingers of the right "A" hand at the middle joints. Or, (2) Strike the end of the left open hand, in front, palm toward self, with the fingers of the right "A" hand. Or, (3) Hold the left "B" hand in front, palm down; place the right "C" hand so the thumb is directly under knuckle of the forefinger of the left and the "C" measures the imaginary thickness of the skull; move the hand along to the end of the forefinger, keeping it still in the same position. | 70 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=596&refid=long1918 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 45 | McGregor (1912) | STUPID | N/A | bs:-to-ctr MAYBE 1P-IX-PL(1P-arc-3P) THINK FEMALE DET-IX(lt) STUPID(int). | 7 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_cake&glossid=45 |
| 61 | McGregor (1912) | STUPID | N/A | DEAF HOW THINKING, TRUE STUPID NOT INTELLIGENT(int). | 9 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_cake&glossid=61 |