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# dullard

«dullard» in Mova's school dictionary: **a slow or stupid person, one who seems not clever** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dullard, dullards)

### meaning for a pupil

A dullard is a slow or stupid person, one who seems not clever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a foolish-seeming hero like Jack the Dullard who wins in the end

### examples

- Everyone called him a dullard, but he was clever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullard/#x1)
- Now came the turn of Jack the Dullard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullard/#x2)
- Don't be a dullard; think before you speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullard/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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