fordull

English

Alternative forms
  • foredull (common misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle English fordullen, fordollen, equivalent to for- +‎ dull. Cognate with Middle Low German vordullen.

Verb

fordull (third-person singular simple present fordulls, present participle fordulling, simple past and past participle fordulled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make dull; stupefy.
    • 1843, Thomas Gray, The Works of Thomas Gray:
      I followed after, fordulled for rudeness, […]

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