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dolt
/ dəʊlt /
noun
- a slow-witted or stupid person
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Derived Forms
- ˈdoltish, adjective
- ˈdoltishness, noun
- ˈdoltishly, adverb
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Other Words From
- dolt·ish adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dolt1
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Example Sentences
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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