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blockhead - 3 dictionary results

block⋅head

[blok-hed]
–noun
1. a stupid, doltish person; dunce.
2. Obsolete. a piece of wood in the shape of a head, used as a block for hats or wigs.

Origin:
1540–50; block + head


blockheaded, adjective
block⋅head⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
block⋅head⋅ed⋅ness, noun
blockheadism, noun


1. fool, nitwit, dolt, dullard, ignoramus, booby.
block·head   (blŏk'hěd')   
n.  A person regarded as very stupid; a dolt.

Blockhead

Block"head`\, n. [Block + head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head. --Pope.
Language Translation for : blockhead
Spanish: zoquete, zopenco,
German: der Dummkopf,
Japanese: まぬけ
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