| 释义 |
dulbert Sc. and north. dial.|ˈdʌlbət|
Also 6 Sc. dowbart, 7 dullberd, 9 dulbard.
[The first element is app. dull a.; the second is possibly beard: cf. Ger. dummbart.]
A dull or stupid person; one slow of comprehension.
1508Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 66 Ȝe, dagone, dowbart, thairof haif thow no dowt! 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 510 Very flockpates, dullberds. 1809T. Donaldson Poems 45 in Northumbld. Gloss. s.v., To learn your exercise be quick, An dinna be a dulbard. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Dullbirt, Dulburt, Dulbard, a stupid person, a block-head. |