dullardry

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English

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Etymology

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From dullard +‎ -ry.

Noun

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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.