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dullard

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌlɚd/ / /ˈdʌləd/

name

Etymology: Variant of Dollard.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English dullard, dollard, equivalent to dull + -ard (pejorative agent suffix). Compare Faroese døll (“dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead”), Norwegian Nynorsk døl (“idiot, simpleton”).

  1. A stupid person; a fool.

    “Oh! Richard of Bury, I sighed, for a sharp stone from your sling to pierce with indignant sarcasm the mental armour of these college dullards.”

    “Whereas some prodigies develop at an early age, Einstein did not exhibit any great genius as a young child. Some people thought he was a dullard.”