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Definition of Doltish
1. Adjective. Heavy and dull and stupid.
Definition of Doltish
1. a. Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.
Definition of Doltish
1. Adjective. Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown. ¹
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Definition of Doltish
1. dolt [adj] - See also: dolt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doltish
Literary usage of Doltish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... to sadden, to make melancholy ; to damp, to clog ; to make weary or slow of
motion ; to sully brightness. DULL, dúl. a. Stupid, doltish, blockish ..."
2. A Mandarin-Romanized Dictionary of Chinese: Including New Terms and Phrases by Donald MacGillivray (1921)
"M. 66. a bit, a piece; doltish. Num. of land, doltish, stupid, ... cho1).
a doltish, stupid thing. an official, government; public mandarin's residence. ..."
3. A Chinese and English Vocabulary in the Pekinese Dialect by George Carter Stent (1871)
"Num. of land, &c. doltish, stupid, ignorant. fa doltish, stupid thing, on officer;
official; government; the senses. official messengers, servants, ..."
4. The Logic of Style: Being an Introduction to Critical Science by William Renton (1874)
"In regard to the term, for example, we have the word " fool," to express a fact, "
doltish," to express the principle or tendency, and " donkey," to express ..."
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