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dolt

[ dohlt ]

noun

  1. a dull, stupid person; blockhead.

    Synonyms: dummy, nitwit, clod, fool, idiot



dolt

/ dəʊlt /

noun

  1. a slow-witted or stupid person
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdoltish, adjective
  • ˈdoltishly, adverb
  • ˈdoltishness, noun
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Other Words From

  • dolt·ish adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dolt1

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

Origin of dolt1

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

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

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.

So obvious a one that only the veriest dolt could be deceived by it.

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.

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