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doltery en · NOUN

Etymology

From dolt + -ery.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Doltish behaviour.
    • For the majority of the film, Homer drifts ignobly from whimsical act to mindless doltery. 2012, Deirdre M. Pike, Enviro-Toons: Green Themes in Animated Cinema and Television, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, pages 64 and 65:
    • It is true that some men are cultivated in philosophy and some men are cultivated in doltery. 1903, The Artsman, volume 1, page 124: