dolt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is not very bright
    pillock; dullard; pudding head; poor fish; stupe; stupid; pudden-head; stupid person.
    • The economy, stupid!

WordNet

Dolt noun
Etymology
OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See Dull.
Definitions
  1. A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.
    This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. Drayton.
Dolt intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To behave foolishly. Obs.

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