DORBELISH also DORBELLISH ADJ. stupid, awkward, clumsy ...1847 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from dorbel (a scholastic pedant, a dolt) from the English form of Dorbellus (i.e. Nicholas de Orbellis (died 1475), a professor of Scholastic Philosophy at Poitiers, and a vehement supporter of Duns Scotus) + -ish FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1847 - DORBELISH. Very clumsy. Linc. From: A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century - James Orchard Halliwell EXAMPLE "...They got farish-on and then turned up dorbelish..." From: Provincial Words and Expressions Current in Lincolnshire - J. Ellett Brogden, 1866
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