fordull
English
editAlternative forms
edit- foredull (common misspelling)
Etymology
editFrom Middle English fordullen, fordollen, equivalent to for- dull. Cognate with Middle Low German vordullen.
Verb
editfordull (third-person singular simple present fordulls, present participle fordulling, simple past and past participle fordulled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make dull; stupefy.
- 1843, Thomas Gray, The Works of Thomas Gray:
- I followed after, fordulled for rudeness, […]