A dialect word for bumblebee, originally widespread in the south of England now rarely used outside Hogwarts.
Etymology
Derived from a combination of dumble meaning ‘slow’ or ‘stupid’ and dore (Old English dora) ‘a slow, droning, flying insect’
A dialect word for bumblebee, originally widespread in the south of England now rarely used outside Hogwarts.
Derived from a combination of dumble meaning ‘slow’ or ‘stupid’ and dore (Old English dora) ‘a slow, droning, flying insect’
