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Meaning of Dolt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɒlt

Definitions

A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

derogatory

Equivalents

العربية الأبله
Български глупак тъпа́к
Čeština blb hňup pitomec
Español estúpido
Français imbécile
Gaeilge amhlán
Gàidhlig amadan bachall burraidh
हिन्दी बैल
Magyar tökfilkó
Հայերեն տխմար
Italiano imbecille
Português imbecil
Русский болван
Svenska dumbom dumskalle idiot träskalle
Українська балда

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
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