Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To behave foolishly. · To fool; to trick
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.
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- Derivation mentiondoldenm
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