dodipoll
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English dodden (“to cut off, to shear”), and first applied to shaven-polled priests.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɒdɪpoʊl/, /ˈdɒdɪpɒl/
Noun
dodipoll (plural dodipolls)
- (obsolete) A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.
- November 9, 1550, Hugh Latimer, A Sermon preached at Stamford
- Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll.
- November 9, 1550, Hugh Latimer, A Sermon preached at Stamford
Alternative forms
- doddipoll, dottipoll
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dodipoll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)