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addlehead

noun

Etymology

From addle + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as addlehead — “addle + head”

Definitions

  1. A foolish or dull-witted person.

    • Those reverend addleheads, convinced of the genuine character of the communications, but with their "dominant idea," the devil, in their heads, summoned his highness the prince of darkness to give an account of the matter.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA