dolt

[ dohlt ]
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noun
  1. a dull, stupid person; blockhead.

Origin of dolt

1
First recorded in 1535–45; variant of obsolete dold “stupid,” originally past participle of Middle English dollen, dullen “to dull”; see dull

Other words for dolt

Other words from dolt

  • dolt·ish, adjective

Words Nearby dolt

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How to use dolt in a sentence

  • He cursed himself inwardly for a fool and a dolt—the more pitiable because he accounted himself cunning above others.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • I've employed here in Paris a dolt of a lawyer, to whom I give twenty francs every time he opens an eye, and he is always asleep.

    Unconscious Comedians | Honore de Balzac
  • So obvious a one that only the veriest dolt could be deceived by it.

    The Secret Witness | George Gibbs
  • Sir George, that angel, who deserved the first monarch in the universe, to be cast off by an undiscerning dolt!

  • This man Le Caille will fight bravely, but he is a sorry dolt to have the conduct of brave men.

    The Lily and the Totem | William Gilmore Simms

British Dictionary definitions for dolt

dolt

/ (dəʊlt) /


noun
  1. a slow-witted or stupid person

Origin of dolt

1
C16: probably related to Old English dol stupid; see dull

Derived forms of dolt

  • doltish, adjective
  • doltishly, adverb
  • doltishness, noun

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