dolt

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(And, since Laura Bush in the film is even more desirable than the lovely first lady in person, we are left yet again to wonder how such a dolt was able to woo and to win such a honey.)

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  1. noun A stupid person; a dunce.

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  • She believed me to be a dolt, the perfect facilitator She had nearly been right When I returned to my office, she was pacing back and forth in front of the door. —  Asimov'sSF,August2007
  • He was a dolt, but at least the team was more exciting. —  billingsgazette.com
  • Don't take this the wrong way but Satire was never meant for the "dolt" to understand it. —  Pulpit Pimps
  • Joe, I've slammed you when you were acting like a dolt, as in FISA, now I've got to praise you when you stand up to McCain's particular brand of angry, childish BS. —  Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories
  • Also for the dolt whom suggested just "make a joke" of it to your kids, some of us have kids old enough to know better. —  Blogger KING
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Etymologies (3)

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

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  1. First in early modern English; ap-par. a variant of English dial. dold, stupid, confused, from Middle English dold, another spelling of dulled, dult, dulled, past participle of dullen, dollen, make dull or stupid: see dull, v.
  2. from dolt, n.
 

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