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softheaded

adj

Etymology

From soft + 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 softheaded — “soft + headed”

Definitions

  1. Lacking sound judgment or resolve

    Lacking sound judgment or resolve; stupid; weak-minded.

    • 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, Appendix E, How my fool of a soft-headed soft-hearted brother would rage if he knew how cunningly I have saved his pocket.

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