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thickhead

noun

Etymology

From thick + head. Compare West Frisian dikharsens (“blockhead”, literally “thick brain”).

  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 thickhead — “thick + head”

Definitions

  1. A stupid person.

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

  2. Any of several species of Australian songbirds of the genus Pachycephala.

The neighborhood

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