Meaning

1 senses

  1. A stupid person; a fool.

    тупи́цаtupíca, о́лухólux

    a person who is not very bright

Examples

3 sentences

  1. So we’re content to harvest, gut, broil, and eat these dullards of the deep.

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  2. You're not very bright. You're actually quite a dullard.

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  3. Just look! The potatoes are all rolling out! You're a real dullard aren't you?

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Translations

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By meaning 1
A stupid person; a fool:

Origin

From Middle English dullard, dollard, equivalent to dull + -ard (pejorative agent suffix).

From Middle English dullard, dollard, equivalent to dull + -ard (pejorative agent suffix). Compare Faroese døll (“dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead”), Norwegian Nynorsk døl (“idiot, simpleton”).

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Forms

plural: dullards
Singulardullard
Pluraldullards

regular

Synonyms

130 synonyms
buffoonC1clownA2fiddleC1gigC1mugA2retardB2stupidB1toolA1alcatoteasshatarseholeassholebayardberk
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relateddull
Deriveddullardismdullardlydullardnessdullardry

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dulcimerdullB1dulydumbB2
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