Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To swindle, deceive, or trick.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person who has been deceived.
Etymology tree Latin upupader. Vulgar Latin ūppader. Old French huppeder. Middle French duppe French duperbor. English dupe From French duper, from Middle French duppe, alteration of huppe (“hoopoe”), from Latin, onomatopoeic.
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