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Dullard

//ˈdʌlɚd// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a person who evokes boredom wordnet
  3. 3
    a person who is not very bright wordnet

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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