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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A stupid person; a dolt.

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  • noun A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit or blockhead

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German : dumm, dumb (from Middle High German tump, tumb, from Old High German tumb) + Kopf, head (from Middle High German, cup, cranium, from Old High German, cup, from Late Latin cuppa).]

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