donnelt

A Middle English form of dun1. donne2t, v. t. A false spelling of don1. donnerd, donnert (don'èrd, -ert), a. [Sc., also written donnard and donnort, stupid (cf. don nar, stupefy, bed under'd, stunned with noise), appar. Dan. dundre = Sw. dundra, make a loud noise, thunder, E. thunder, v.] 1. Gro ly stupid.-2. Stunned; dazed. The donnort bodie croon'd right lowne, Whyle tears dreeped a' his black beard down. Cromek's Remains of Nithsdale Song , p. 88. donnish (don'ish), a. [ Unle a man can get the prestige and income of a don, and write donnish books, it's hardly worth while for him to make a Greek and Latin machine of himself. George Eliot , Daniel Deronda, xvi. donnism (don'izm), n . [Better spelled * donism , don2 , 4, + -ism .] Self-importance, or distance and loftine of carriage. [English university slang.] donnot