Dictionary

dullard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʌlɚd/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdʌləd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English dullard, dollard, equivalent to dull + -ard (pejorative agent suffix). Compare Faroese døll (“dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead”), Norwegian Nynorsk døl (“idiot, simpleton”).

Meanings

1. A stupid person; a fool.
   • Oh! Richard of Bury, I sighed, for a sharp stone from your sling to pierce with indignant sarcasm the mental armour of these college dullards. 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 41:
   • Whereas some prodigies develop at an early age, Einstein did not exhibit any great genius as a young child. Some people thought he was a dullard. 1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism, Vintage Books, published 2006, page 211:
   • “Okay. What if we send him to a very selective private school so he doesn't have to worry about rubbing shoulders with street tramps and dullards?” “No. We have plenty of good public schools here, and they're free.” “I thought you were doing the accounting. Isn't the nightclub swimming in the trillions?” “No, we need that money to fix the house. And I wouldn't say "trillions." No, definitely not.” 2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (3:30 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
   • Marion has long since stopped listening. "You dullard," she says now she can finally speak, "I'm your chief of Antimemetics." 2008–2021, qntm, “We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 9:

Forms

Deriveds

dullardly · dullardness · dullardism · dullardry

Synonyms

brickhead · clart · birdbrain · gink · dullard · fuckwit · pillock · div · dill pickle · geck · jolthead · shit for brains · mushhead · nimrod · softhead · half-baked · smooth brain · nit · donk · buffoon · ignoramus · ha'p'orth · berk · shithead · thickhead · dunce · oaf · divvo · Homer Simpson · Charlie · jamoke · doodle · moron · tonto · juggins · schmo · bobchin · gubbins · blither · dotterel · wally · alcatote · numpty · jerk · retard · twerp · bozo · dumb fuck · fenderhead · dope · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · twit · asshat · dork · sot · numskull · maroon · der-brain · gooseberry · tosser · fiddle · numps · yampy · nincompoop · dirtbrain · muggins · prat · chowderhead · slang) · dumbass · sucker · dingus · asshole · mong · mug · knucklehead · nitwit · divvy · arsehole · snapperhead · tool · jolterhead · dolt · chump · goober · nupson · wantwit · fathead · dupe · dummy · chucklehead · bayard · schmuck · dimwit · shitwit · dumbo · pinhead · dim bulb · jughead · gump · twat · tosspot · dipstick · doofus · dote · wazzock · dunderhead · dumbbell · gowk · mameluke (US (Italian-American) · stupid · jerkoff · clown · fuzznut · gig · bonehead · meathead · dipshit · imbecile · sohai · dingleberry · plonker · lamebrain · tubelight

Translations (26)

pl bęcwał (A stupid person; a fool) · es estúpido (A stupid person; a fool) · ru тупи́ца (A stupid person; a fool) · la gurdus (A stupid person; a fool) · fr idiote (A stupid person; a fool) · nl sufferig (A stupid person; a fool) · pl tępak (A stupid person; a fool) · ca estúpida (A stupid person; a fool) · ru о́лух (A stupid person; a fool) · pl ciemniak (A stupid person; a fool) · it stupido (A stupid person; a fool) · pl nudziarz (A stupid person; a fool) · it stupida (A stupid person; a fool) · nrf chagorne (A stupid person; a fool) · es estúpida (A stupid person; a fool) · fr idiot (A stupid person; a fool) · ota طوی (A stupid person; a fool) · pt estúpida (A stupid person; a fool) · it imbecille (A stupid person; a fool) · ca estúpid (A stupid person; a fool) · pt imbecil (A stupid person; a fool) · la blennus (A stupid person; a fool) · pt estúpido (A stupid person; a fool) · bg тъ́пак (A stupid person; a fool) · pl głupek (A stupid person; a fool) · ga daoi (A stupid person; a fool)