fordull
English
Alternative forms
- foredull (common misspelling)
Etymology
From Middle English fordullen, fordollen, equivalent to for- + dull. Cognate with Middle Low German vordullen.
Verb
fordull (third-person singular simple present fordulls, present participle fordulling, simple past and past participle fordulled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make dull; stupefy.
- 1843, Thomas Gray, The Works of Thomas Gray:
- I followed after, fordulled for rudeness, […]
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Anagrams
- lordful