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blockheaded

adj

Etymology

From block + headed.

  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. suffixed as headed — “head + ed”
  7. compounded as blockheaded — “block + headed”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a blockhead

    Resembling a blockhead; stupid

    • Sullivan again proves himself a master at evoking diverse musical styles, as in “This Helmet, I Suppose,” a song for Arac, one of King Gama’s blockheaded warrior sons.

  2. simple past and past participle of blockhead

The neighborhood

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