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# dolt

«dolt» in Mova's school dictionary: **a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dolt, dolts)

### meaning for a pupil

A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolt/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a dolt is a foolish character whom others scold or outwit, often called a dolt to show their scorn.

### examples

- Stop being a dolt and look at the map! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolt/#x1)
- The clever girl laughed at the dolt who lost the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolt/#x2)
- Don't be such a dolt; read the sign first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolt/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dolt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.