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Webster 1913 Edition

dolt

dolt

(dōlt; 110)
,
Noun.
[OE.
dulte
, prop. p. p. of
dullen
to dull. See
Dull
.]
A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.
This Puck seems but a dreaming
dolt
.
Drayton.

dolt

,
Verb.
I.
To behave foolishly.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Dolt

DOLT

,
Noun.
[G.] A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; to behave foolishly.

Definition 2024

dolt

dolt

See also: dőlt

English

Noun

dolt ‎(plural dolts)

  1. (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:fool

Translations

Derived terms

Verb

dolt ‎(third-person singular simple present dolts, present participle dolting, simple past and past participle dolted)

  1. (obsolete) To behave foolishly.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔlt

Verb

dolt

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of dollen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of dollen

Manx

Verb

dolt ‎(verbal noun doltey, past participle doltit)

  1. to adopt, foster, initiate

Synonyms

Swedish

Adjective

dolt

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of dold.

Verb

dolt

  1. supine of dölja.

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.

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