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dullard¹

  • /ˈdʌlɚd/ US
  • /ˈdʌləd/ UK

Where it comes from

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”).

noun dullards

  1. A stupid person; a fool. Oh! Richard of Bury, I sighed, for a sharp stone from your sling to pierce with indignant sarcasm the mental armour of these college dullards.

    Similar: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon

Dullard²

Where it comes from

Variant of Dollard.

proper noun Dullards

  1. A surname.

Translations

Every language

noun A stupid person; a fool

Españolestúpido, estúpida
Portuguêsestúpido, estúpida, imbecil
Françaisidiot, idiote
DeutschDummkopf, Dumpfbacke, Hohlhirn, Blödmann
Italianostupido, stupida, imbecille
Русскийтупи́ца tupíca, о́лух ólux

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"dullard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dullard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dullard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dullard

Chicago

"dullard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dullard.

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@misc{dullard_2026,
  title = {dullard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dullard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}