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hot·head·ed    Audio Help   [hot-hed-id] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
2.easily angered; quick to take offense.
[Origin: 1635–45; hot + head + -ed3]

—Related forms
hot·head·ed·ly, adverb
hot·head·ed·ness, noun
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hot·head·ed    Audio Help   (hŏt'hěd'ĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Easily angered; quick-tempered: a hotheaded commander.
  2. Impetuous; rash: a hotheaded decision.

hot'head'ed·ly adv., hot'head'ed·ness n.
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hotheaded

adjective
1. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric] 
2. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; ('brainish' is archaic) 

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