Dolt

//dəʊlt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard. derogatory

    "O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt:[…]"

  2. 2
    a person who is not very bright wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To behave foolishly. obsolete
  2. 2
    To fool; to trick

    "Some by frequent Practice will never be dolted"

Synonyms

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dullardpillockstupidstupidairheadalcatote

Example

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"Only a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter."

Etymology

First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.

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slow thinkingunintelligent person

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