dolt
dolt · dolts · dolted · dolting
To fool; to trickTo fool; to trick
UK/dɒlt/US/doʊlt/
» Only a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter.
Только идиот мог не догадаться, что означает это письмо.
Meaning
2 sensesTo fool; to trick
(obsolete)To behave foolishly.
Examples
2 sentencesOnly a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter.
ruТолько идиот мог не догадаться, что означает это письмо.
Stop being such dolts.
Origin
First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confusFirst 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.
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Forms
dolts, dolting, dolted, doltedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle