muddlehead

A stupid person.

Noun

  1. A stupid person.
    • The Anglo-Saxon muddlehead is always doing this. It is his great intellectual excellence, and makes him the ridicule of Europe - 1882, Charles Reade, Readiana: Comments on Current Events:
    • A reactionary muddlehead who waves the feminist banner does not thereby cease to be a reactionary muddlehead. - 1978 April 1, John Lauritsen, “Praising Mitzel”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

Origin

From muddle + head.

Forms

muddleheads

Related

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