Meaning
1 sensesA stupid person; a fool.
тупи́цаtupíca, о́лухólux
a person who is not very bright
Examples
3 sentencesSo we’re content to harvest, gut, broil, and eat these dullards of the deep.
You're not very bright. You're actually quite a dullard.
Just look! The potatoes are all rolling out! You're a real dullard aren't you?
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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: dullardsSynonyms
90 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsSee also
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