dolt
/dɒlt/ · noun
Meaning
- A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
- To behave foolishly.
- To fool; to trick
Etymology / origin
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.
- dold(enm)→
- dolt (English)
- Relations: der
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