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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Stu-pĭd'i-ty, n.

noun

n. [Lat. stupiditas, Fr. stupidité, It. stupidità; Sp. & Pg. estupidez.]

  1. The state or quality of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
  2. Stupor; astonishment. [Rare.]

A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with fear. Chapman. Syn. — Insensibility; sluggishness; sottishness; doltishness; blockishness; senselessness.