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