clothhead

noun

Etymology

From cloth + -head.

  1. derived from *gleyt-
  2. inherited from *klaiþą
  3. inherited from clāþ
  4. inherited from cloth
  5. suffixed as clothhead — “cloth + -head

Definitions

  1. An unintelligent person.

    • Instant silence inside. Idiots! A confused scurrying. Clothheads! All of it perfectly audible through the flimsy door. Lardbrains!
    • Land squinted at the device. 'What is it, a camera?' ¶ 'Of course not, you clothhead,' said Bryant. 'If it was a camera all it would see is the back of the picture. It's a microphone.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for clothhead. 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