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Doltish vs Dotish - What's the difference?

doltish | dotish |

As adjectives the difference between doltish and dotish

is that doltish is like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid while dotish is foolish; weak; imbecile.

doltish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
    • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doltishness

    dotish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) foolish; weak; imbecile
    • (Webster 1913)