doltery

noun

doltery

noun

Etymology From dolt + -ery.

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:

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