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#1·Apr 27, 2026
Boring, uninteresting.
She quit her doldrum job and left to seek a life of adventure.
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— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(slang, obsolete) A slothful or stupid person.
Were there no "tears and miseries," when the half-witted doldrums, thinking they were not big enough to be seen, put themselves on horseback, to bask and frolic in a procession, and meet their man-midwife, or surgeon, or whatever he is, …
Origin: The noun is possibly derived from dull or ( of dullen, dollen, from dul, dol, dolle; see further at dull), modelled after tantrum. The adjective is probably derived from the noun. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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