doltery

English

Etymology

From dolt +‎ -ery.

Noun

doltery (uncountable)

  1. 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.
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