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Noun: dolt  dówlt
Usage: informal
  1. A person who is not very bright
    "He felt like a dolt after failing to understand the simple instructions";
    - stupid [informal], stupid person, stupe [N. Amer, informal], dullard, pudding head [informal], pudden-head [US, informal], pillock [Brit, informal], meatball [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: dolts

See also: changeling [archaic], eejit [UK, Ireland, dialect], half-wit [informal], idiot, imbecile [informal], moron [informal], plank [Brit, informal], thickie [Brit, informal], thicko [informal]

Type of: simple [archaic], simpleton

Encyclopedia: Dolt