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Dolt

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɒlt

Definitions

A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

derogatory

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Examples

“O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt:[…]”
“Moſt Monſter-like, be ſhewne / For poor'ſt Diminutiues, for Dolts, […]”
“This Puck seemes but a dreaming dolt.”
“Those who loathe “Jackass” — which brought the world beer enemas and urine snow⟳ cones and thrust its merry band of dolts into reptile lairs and shark-infested waters — have⟳ called it disgusting and irresponsible: an incitement to copycat idiocy, if not a sign⟳ of the end⟳ of Western civilization.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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