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dullard

noun
/ˈdʌlɚd/US/ˈdʌləd/UK

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. inherited from dullard

Definitions

  1. A stupid person

    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.
    • Marion has long since stopped listening. "You dullard," she says now she can finally speak, "I'm your chief of Antimemetics."

  2. A surname.

The neighborhood

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