dolt
Etymology
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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").
Pronunciation Noundolt (plural dolts)
- (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:fool
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act V, scene ii], page 337 ↗:
- O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt: […]
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene xii], page 361 ↗:
- Moſt Monſter-like, be ſhewne / For poor'ſt Diminutiues, for Dolts, […]
- 1627, Michaell Drayton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “Nimphidia. The Court of Fayrie.”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for VVilliam Lee, […], published 1631, →OCLC ↗:
- This Puck seemes but a dreaming dolt.
- French: imbécile
- German: Blödmann, Tölpel, Trottel, Dummkopf, Tölpel, Depp
- Italian: imbecille
- Portuguese: imbecil
- Russian: болва́н
- Spanish: estúpido
dolt (dolts, present participle dolting; simple past and past participle dolted)
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