dolt en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /dɔʊlt/
- /doʊlt/ (US)
- /dəʊlt/
- /dɒlt/ (UK)
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.
Meanings
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(derogatory) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
Those who loathe “Jackass” — which brought the world beer enemas and urine snow cones and thrust its merry band of dolts into reptile lairs and shark-infested waters — have called it disgusting and irresponsible: an incitement to copycat idiocy, if not a sign of the end of Western civilization.
2010 October 8, By Dennis Lim, “Another Dimension of Idiocy”, in New York Times:This Puck seemes but a dreaming dolt.
1627, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “Nimphidia. The Court of Fayrie.”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for William Lee, […], →OCLC:Moſt Monſter-like, be ſhewne / For poor'ſt Diminutiues, for Dolts, […]
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:O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt:[…]
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dolts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
doltish · doltery · dolthead · dolthood
Synonyms
knucklehead · gink · gump · alcatote · nupson · arsehole · wazzock · muggins · slang) · dupe · asshole · oaf · chump · yampy · dill pickle · ha'p'orth · mong · dummy · dirtbrain · donk · der-brain · twerp · stupid · chowderhead · numpty · tosser · dolt · goober · bonehead · tosspot · jolterhead · doodle · mug · bobchin · berk · birdbrain · wantwit · blither · buffoon · dunce · dingus · jolthead · nit · nitwit · jerk · numps · dumb fuck · jamoke · meathead · lamebrain · dumbo · tool · gooseberry · dipshit · prat · moron · dimwit · bozo · mameluke (US (Italian-American) · fiddle · dim bulb · tubelight · fathead · shitwit · numskull · fenderhead · pillock · wally · dumbbell · dullard · divvo · divvy · sohai · dope · bayard · sot · dork · mushhead · pinhead · thickhead · schmuck · asshat · softhead · nimrod · twit · plonker · imbecile · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · smooth brain · snapperhead · jerkoff · clown · twat · doofus · gowk · tonto · dipstick · maroon · Charlie · juggins · dotterel · retard · chucklehead · clart · nincompoop · dote · schmo · shit for brains · shithead · half-baked · gubbins · fuckwit · sucker · dingleberry · dumbass · geck · brickhead · div · fuzznut · ignoramus · dunderhead · jughead · gig · Homer Simpson
Translations (44)
ga amhlán (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · sv dumskalle (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · pt imbecil (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · hy տխմար (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · cs blb (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · ca estaferm (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · hu tökfilkó (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · cs hňup (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · cs pitomec (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · la gurdus (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · sa मूढ (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · fr imbécile (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · sv träskalle (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · hu tökfej (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · de Dummkopf (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · it imbecille (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · fi tollo (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · sv dumbom (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · bg тъпак (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · pdt Laups (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · de Blödmann (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · pl bęcwał (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · de Tölpel (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · es estúpido (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · ca estúpid (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · gd bachall (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · pl głupek (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · fi typerys (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · gd amadan (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · hu fajankó (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · la blennus (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · sv idiot (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · ru болва́н (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · de Depp (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · fo býttlingur (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · la fungus (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · ota طوی (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · ca imbècil (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · de Trottel (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · gd burraidh (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · bg глупак (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · fi tomppeli (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · fo dylhøvd (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard) · fi pölkkypää (a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard)