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dolt

[ dohlt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
Synonyms: dummy, nitwit, clod, fool, idiot

dolt

/ dəʊlt /

Origin of dolt¹

First recorded in 1535–45; variant of obsolete dold “stupid,” originally past participle of Middle English dollen, dullen “to dull”; dull

Origin of dolt¹

C16: probably related to Old English dol stupid; see dull

He cursed himself inwardly for a fool and a dolt—the more pitiable because he accounted himself cunning above others.

I've employed here in Paris a dolt of a lawyer, to whom I give twenty francs every time he opens an eye, and he is always asleep.

So obvious a one that only the veriest dolt could be deceived by it.

Sir George, that angel, who deserved the first monarch in the universe, to be cast off by an undiscerning dolt!

This man Le Caille will fight bravely, but he is a sorry dolt to have the conduct of brave men.

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