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hot⋅head

  [hot-hed]
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–noun
an impetuous or short-tempered person.
Origin:
1650–60; hot + head
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hot·head   (hŏt'hěd')   
n.  A quick-tempered or impetuous person.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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hothead 
"short-tempered person," 1660, from hot + head; Johnson's dictionary also lists hotmouthed "headstrong, ungovernable."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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