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Definitions for doltdoʊlt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

doltdoʊlt(n.)

  1. a blockhead; dunce.

Origin of dolt:

1535–45; var. of obs. dold stupid

dolt′ish•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock(noun)

    a person who is not very bright

    "The economy, stupid!"

Wiktionary

  1. dolt(Noun)

    A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

    2. Origin: First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from English dialectal dold, from dold, a variant of dulled, dult, past participle of dullen, dollen, from dull, dul, dwal. More at dull.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dolt(noun)

    a heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard

  2. Dolt(verb)

    to behave foolishly

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