dolt
noun
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Pronunciation: /dɒlt/ / /dəʊlt/ / /dɔʊlt/
noun
Etymology: First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.
- A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
“O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt:[…]”
“Moſt Monſter-like, be ſhewne / For poor'ſt Diminutiues, for Dolts, […]”
verb
Etymology: First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.
- To behave foolishly.
- To fool; to trick
“Some by frequent Practice will never be dolted”