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blockpate

noun

Etymology

block + pate

  1. derived from patina — “pan, dish”
  2. derived from patena
  3. derived from patene
  4. inherited from pate
  5. compounded as blockpate — “block + pate”

Definitions

  1. A stupid person

    A stupid person; a blockhead.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blockpate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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