"dullard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdʌlɚd/ [General-American], /ˈdʌləd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dullard.wav Forms: dullards [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dullard}} Middle English dullard, {{suf|en|dull|ard|pos2=pejorative agent suffix}} dull + -ard (pejorative agent suffix), {{cog|fo|døll|t=dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead}} Faroese døll (“dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead”), {{cog|nn|døl|t=idiot, simpleton}} Norwegian Nynorsk døl (“idiot, simpleton”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dullard (plural dullards)
  1. A stupid person; a fool. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fool Derived forms: dullardism, dullardly, dullardness, dullardry Translations (A stupid person; a fool): тъ́пак (tǎ́pak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sufferig (Dutch), daoi [masculine] (Irish), gurdus [masculine] (Latin), blennus [masculine] (Latin), chagorne [feminine] (Norman), طوی (toy) (Ottoman Turkish), głupek [masculine] (Polish), tępak [masculine] (Polish), ciemniak [masculine] (Polish), nudziarz [masculine] (Polish), bęcwał [masculine] (Polish), тупи́ца (tupíca) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), о́лух (ólux) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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