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doltish

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dolt (d

lt)

n.

A stupid person; a dunce.

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

doltish adj.

doltish·ly adv.

doltish·ness n.

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Adj.

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doltish - heavy and dull and stupid

stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

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He soon proved a heavy clog upon the little party, being doltish and taciturn, lazy in the extreme, and a huge feeder.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

"Thou art growing less doltish and more shrewd every day, Sancho," said Don Quixote.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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