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Dout vs Dolt - What's the difference?

dout | dolt |

As nouns the difference between dout and dolt

is that dout is while dolt is (pejorative) a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

As verbs the difference between dout and dolt

is that dout is (transitive|dialectal|or|obsolete) to put out; quench; extinguish; douse while dolt is (obsolete) to behave foolishly.

dout

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(head)

    • Etymology 2

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
    • The fire she lit was fanned rather than douted . ? Snowden.
    Related terms
    * douter, a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke. ----

    dolt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
  • * c. 1603 ,
    • O gull! O dolt ! As ignorant as dirt!
  • * Drayton
    • This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doltish

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To behave foolishly.
    • (Webster 1913)

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