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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A stupid person; a dunce.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A dull, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull.
  2. To waste time foolishly; behave foolishly.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.
  2. v. To behave foolishly.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a person who is not very bright

Etymologies

  1. Middle English dulte, from past participle of dullen, to dull, from dul, dull; see dull.

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  • pomegranate My personal favorite epithet. Dec 4, 2007

‘dolt’ has been looked up 2778 times, loved by 1 person, added to 48 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 5.