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blockheadedness

noun

Etymology

From blockheaded + -ness.

  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”
  8. suffixed as blockheadedness — “blockheaded + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being blockheaded.

    • DEER PARK, N.Y., Feb. 2 — Bored teenagers here have a new way of entertaining themselves on a weekend evening, local authorities say: a pastime that combines the latest technological skill with good old teenage blockheadedness.

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