dodipoll

English edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Middle English dodden (“to cut off, to shear”), and first applied to shaven-polled priests.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɒdɪpoʊl/, /ˈdɒdɪpɒl/

Noun edit

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.

Alternative forms edit

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)