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Meaning of DOLT

Pronunciation:  dowlt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
 
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 Synonyms: dullard, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupid, stupid person
 
 See Also: berk, simple, simpleton

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Dolt\, n. [OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See
    {Dull}.]
    A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an
    ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.
          This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt.     --Drayton.
    
  2. \Dolt\, v. i.
    To behave foolishly. [Obs.]
    
 
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