dullard

plural dullards

1. A stupid person; a fool.

   Marion has long since stopped listening. "You dullard," she says now she can finally speak, "I'm your chief of Antimemetics."

   2008–2021, qntm, “We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 9

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   Oh! Richard of Bury, I sighed, for a sharp stone from your sling to pierce with indignant sarcasm the mental armour of these college dullards.

   1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 41

   Whereas some prodigies develop at an early age, Einstein did not exhibit any great genius as a young child. Some people thought he was a dullard.

   1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism, Vintage Books, published 2006, page 211

   “Okay. What if we send him to a very selective private school so he doesn't have to worry about rubbing shoulders with street tramps and dullards?” “No. We have plenty of good public schools here, and they're free.” “I thought you were doing the accounting. Isn't the nightclub swimming in the trillions?” “No, we need that money to fix the house. And I wouldn't say "trillions." No, definitely not.”

   2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (3:30 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou)

   Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither

plural Dullards

1. A surname.