dullard

[ duhl-erd ]

noun

1. a stupid, insensitive person.

   Synonyms: dummy, dumbbell, dolt, dunce

dullard

/ ˈdʌləd /

noun

1. a dull or stupid person

Word History and Origins

Origin of dullard¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; dull, -ard

Example Sentences

It is, however, for those dullards who insist that the carrots be precisely sized cubes.

From Popular-Science

Hapless godless dullard that he is; driven and driving on courses that lead only downward, for him as for us!

From Project Gutenberg

The quick mind supplies the apt repartee, while the dullard thinks of the appropriate reply next morning—if at all.

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Go to, thou gorged dullard, and tell thy master to gormandize without me.

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In the social display of wit and humour, there is a marked mean between the buffoon and the dullard or prig.

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The mere dullard sat silent, playing with his glove or discussing at what apothecary's the best tobacco was to be bought.

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