Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dolt

/doʊlt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: dolt
IPA: /doʊlt/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

Derogatory

verb

To behave foolishly.

Obsolete

verb

To fool; to trick

Example Sentences

"O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt:[…]"
"Moſt Monſter-like, be ſhewne / For poor'ſt Diminutiues, for Dolts, […]"
"This Puck seemes but a dreaming dolt."
"Those who loathe “Jackass” — which brought the world beer enemas and urine snow cones and thrust its merry band of dolts into reptile lairs and shark-infested waters — have called it disgusting and irresponsible: an incitement to copycat idiocy, if not a sign of the end of Western civilization."
"Some by frequent Practice will never be dolted"

Etymology

First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: dold

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /doʊlt/
British English: /dɒlt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dolts (plural) dolts (present, singular) dolting (participle, present) dolted (participle, past) dolted (past)

Derived Forms

doltery dolthead dolthood doltish

Synonyms

alcatote asshat arsehole asshole bayard berk birdbrain blither bobchin bonehead bozo buffoon

Rhymes With

fault salt assault default bolt halt walt vault alt revolt holt malt

Questions

How do you pronounce dolt?: The recorded pronunciation is /doʊlt/.
What does dolt mean?: A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
Where does dolt come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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