dolt

[dohlt]

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noun

a dull, stupid person; blockhead.

Origin of dolt

1535–45; variant of obsolete dold stupid, orig. past participle of Middle English dollen, dullen to dull

Related formsdolt·ish, adjectivedolt·ish·ly, adverbdolt·ish·ness, noun

Synonyms for dolt

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idiot, fool, clod, nitwit, dummy.

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Related Words for dolt

fool, dumbbell, dunce, idiot, goon, dope, blockhead, chump, stupid, ignoramus, nitwit, simpleton, boob, sap, dimwit, airhead, dodo, dumdum, yo-yo, lunkhead

Examples from the Web for dolt

Historical Examples of dolt

Is it necessary that he should be a dolt in order to be fitted for his vocation?
Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866
Henry Howland Crapo
I wonder so talented a father should own a dolt like Rufus for a son.
Eventide
Effie Afton
Why did not you go and talk to that brute of a boy, and that dolt of a woman?
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
Various
While he had stood there a dolt and sluggard, she had satisfied her curiosity and stolen away.
A Drift from Redwood Camp
Bret Harte
But that dolt had not a worde to say for him self, but was as doume as a bitle in that mater.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
John Knox

British Dictionary definitions for dolt

dolt

noun

a slow-witted or stupid person

Derived Formsdoltish, adjectivedoltishly, adverbdoltishness, noun

Word Origin for dolt

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

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Word Origin and History for dolt

1540s, perhaps a variant of dold "dull, foolish," influenced by dulte, dolte, past participle forms of Middle English dullen "to dull, make or become dazed or stupid" (see dull (adj.)). Related: Doltish; doltishly; doltishness.