FromMiddle Englishdullard,dollard, equivalent todull +-ard(pejorative agent suffix). CompareFaroesedøll(“dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead”),Norwegian Nynorskdøl(“idiot, simpleton”).
dullard (pluraldullards)
- Astupidperson; afool.
- Synonyms:seeThesaurus:fool
1880,William Blades,The Enemies of Books, page41:Oh! Richard of Bury, I sighed, for a sharp stone from your sling to pierce with indignant sarcasm the mental armour of these collegedullards.
1995,Temple Grandin,Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism, Vintage Books, published2006, page211:Whereas some prodigies develop at an early age, Einstein did not exhibit any great genius as a young child. Some people thought he was adullard.
2008–2021,qntm, “We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five”, inThere Is No Antimemetics Division,→ISBN, page 9:Marion has long since stopped listening. "Youdullard," she says now she can finally speak, "I'm your chief of Antimemetics."
2022 August 9,Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (3:30 from the start), inWhat We Do in the Shadows[1], season 4, episode 5, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):“Okay. What if we send him to a very selective private school so he doesn't have to worry about rubbing shoulders with street tramps anddullards?” “No. We have plenty of good public schools here, and they're free.” “I thought you were doing the accounting. Isn't the nightclub swimming in the trillions?” “No, we need that money to fix the house. And I wouldn't say "trillions." No, definitely not.”
A stupid person; a fool
- Bulgarian:тъ́пак (bg) m(tǎ́pak)
- Catalan:estúpid (ca) m,estúpida (ca) f
- Dutch:sufferig (nl)
- French:idiot (fr) m,idiote (fr) f
- Irish:daoi m
- Italian:stupido (it) m,stupida (it) f,imbecille (it) m orf
- Latin:gurdus m,blennus m
- Norman:chagorne f
- Ottoman Turkish:طوی(toy)
- Polish:głupek (pl) m,tępak (pl) m,ciemniak (pl) m,nudziarz (pl) m,bęcwał (pl) m
- Portuguese:estúpido (pt) m,estúpida (pt) f,imbecil (pt) m orf
- Russian:тупи́ца (ru) m orf(tupíca),о́лух (ru) m(ólux)
- Spanish:estúpido (es) m,estúpida (es) f
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