dupe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person easily deceived, or to deceive such a person

   Con artists duped the elderly couple out of their savings.

Simplified etymology

Dupe entered English in the late 17th century from dialectal French dupe, “hoopoe.” The bird was regarded as stupid-looking, so its name came to denote a person easily deceived.

From French 'dupe' ('a person easily deceived'), perhaps from 'huppe' ('hoopoe'), a bird reputed to be foolish or dirty.

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