dullardry

English

Etymology

dullard +‎ -ry

Noun

dullardry (uncountable)

1. (rare) The behaviour or beliefs of a dullard; ignorance.
   • 1968, Don M Ricks, Shakespeare's Emergent Form:

     […] simplicity and sophistication, dullardry and enthusiasm, dogmatism and flexibility, all were as current then as now.

   • 1996, Clinton Walker, The Secret History of Australian Independent Music: 1977-1991:

     We stood no chance against the sheer weight of such dullardry. Our leather pants, tattoos, track marks and distorted guitars were never going to make it.

   • 1998, Lindsay Paterson, A Diverse Assembly: The Debate on a Scottish Parliament:

     That was in any case always a piece of Westminster dullardry.