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dolt

noun
/dɒlt/UK/dəʊlt//doʊlt/US

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.

  1. derived from dold

Definitions

  1. A stupid person

    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, […]
    • This Puck seemes but a dreaming dolt.

  2. To behave foolishly.

  3. To fool

    To fool; to trick

    • Some by frequent Practice will never be dolted

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA