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bonehead

noun
/ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/UK/ˈboʊnˌhɛd/US

Etymology

From bone + 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 bonehead — “bone + head”

Definitions

  1. Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.

    • Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot

  2. A member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead…

    A member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.

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