dolt
[dohlt]
- a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
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Origin of dolt
1535–45; variant of obsolete dold stupid, orig. past participle of Middle English dollen, dullen to dull
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brainless, dense, dimwitted, dumb, empty-headed, half-witted, oafish, obtuse, simple, simpleminded, thickheaded, unintelligent, blockish, boneheaded, cloddishExamples from the Web for doltish
Historical Examples
Is it that doltish Jules, who looks an absolute fool, but may be masking his game!
Messengers of EvilPierre Souvestre
The common English are doltish; except in the North, where you won't do much with them.
Beauchamp's Career, CompleteGeorge Meredith
You wanted me, my money, everything, and had nothing to give in return except your own doltish self.
A Bottle of Old WineRichard O. Lewis
I blushed at my idiocy; the idea of being so doltish and timid with a flower seller!
My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI)Charles Paul de Kock
Such air as these Germans had was a blackguard air of doltish ugliness—dull, gross, incurable.
WarPierre Loti
dolt
- a slow-witted or stupid person
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Word Origin
C16: probably related to Old English dol stupid; see dull
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Word Origin and History for doltish
dolt
n.
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.
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