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doltery

doltery noun: doltish behaviour.

Noun

doltery (uncountable)

  1. Doltish behaviour.
    • It is true that some men are cultivated in philosophy and some men are cultivated in doltery.1903, The Artsman, volume 1, page 124
    • For the majority of the film, Homer drifts ignobly from whimsical act to mindless doltery.2012, Deirdre M. Pike, Enviro-Toons: Green Themes in Animated Cinema and Television, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, pages 64 and 65

Origin of doltery

From dolt + -ery.

Questions about doltery

What does doltery mean?
Doltery means doltish behaviour.
What part of speech is doltery?
Doltery is a noun.

Words near doltery in the dictionary

  1. Dolsons
  2. dolsot
  3. dolsots
  4. dolt
  5. dolted
  6. doltery
  7. dolthead
  8. doltheads
  9. dolthood
  10. dolting
  11. doltish

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