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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOLTISH

a.Dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as a doltish clown.

 

DOLTISHNESS

n.Stupidity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOLTISH

DOLTISH Dolt "ish, a.

 

Defn: Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown. -- Dolt "ish *ly, adv. -- Dolt "ish *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

doltish

dolt ish |ˈdōltiSH | ▶adjective (of a person ) stupid; idiotic: a doltish character. DERIVATIVES dolt ish ly adverb, dolt ish ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

doltish

doltish |ˈdəʊltɪʃ | ▶adjective (of a person ) stupid; idiotic: a doltish character. DERIVATIVES doltishly adverb, doltishness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

doltish

doltish adjective See stupid (sense 1 ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

doltish

doltish adjective the yokels are doltish but harmless: stupid, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, foolish, ignorant, simple, simple-minded, dense, brainless, mindless, dull-witted, dull, slow-witted, witless, half-witted, dunce-like, slow, cretinous, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid; gullible, naive; informal thick, thick as two short planks, dim, dopey, dumb, dozy, birdbrained, pea-brained, pig-ignorant, bovine, slow on the uptake, soft in the head, brain-dead, boneheaded, lamebrained, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, wooden-headed, fat-headed, muttonheaded; Brit. informal daft, not the full shilling; N. Amer. informal dumb-ass.