Dullard
//ˈdʌlɚd// name, noun
name, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stupid person; a fool.
"Oh! Richard of Bury, I sighed, for a sharp stone from your sling to pierce with indignant sarcasm the mental armour of these college dullards."
- 2 a person who evokes boredom wordnet
- 3 a person who is not very bright wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Just look! The potatoes are all rolling out! You're a real dullard aren't you?"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English dullard, dollard, equivalent to dull + -ard (pejorative agent suffix). Compare Faroese døll (“dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead”), Norwegian Nynorsk døl (“idiot, simpleton”).
Etymology 2
Variant of Dollard.
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