Blockhead

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  • noun. A person regarded as very stupid; a dolt.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A head-shaped piece of wood used as a block for hats or wigs.
  • noun. A head containing no more intelligence or sense than a block; a blockish head.
  • noun. A person possessing such a head; a stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A stupid person.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
  • Word Usage
    "A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one."
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    scholar  wiseacre  
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    babbler  disbeliever  dolt  duffer  dunce  
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