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–noun

a dull, stupid person; blockhead.

[Origin: 1535–45; var. of obs. dold stupid, orig. ptp. of ME dollen, dullen to dull

]

—Related forms

doltish, adjective

dolt·ish·ly, adverb

dolt·ish·ness, noun

—Synonyms idiot, fool, clod, nitwit, dummy.

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n. A stupid person; a dunce.

[Middle English dulte, from past participle of dullen, to dull, from dul, dull; see dull.]

dolt'ish adj., dolt'ish·ly adv., dolt'ish·ness n.

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dolt

1543, perhaps a variant of dold "dull, foolish," influenced by dulte, dolte, pp. forms of M.E. dullen "to dull, make or become dazed or stupid" (see dull).

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