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)

1. (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

• 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)