Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A confused or stupid person; a blockhead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. A stupid person; a blunderer.
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- noun colloquial A
stupid person.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But his previous position on the most pressing issue of the day -- the war in Iraq -- is disturbing, if not downright muddlehead ...
Lionel Beehner: Does Obama Favor Biden's Plan To Break Up Iraq? 2008
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But his previous position on the most pressing issue of the day -- the war in Iraq -- is disturbing, if not downright muddlehead ...
Lionel Beehner: Does Obama Favor Biden's Plan To Break Up Iraq? 2008
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Not some muddlehead working outside the duopoly to fight the corporations all his life?
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You've never watched the video "Unprecedented" Click here about how the election in Florida was stolen and you think it was all muddlehead Nader's fault?
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"It's all right, you confounded muddlehead!" cried the Crow, losing patience with his perverse and stupid companion.
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There was never much money, perhaps just enough, the few pounds that Father sent us; but it was her own muddlehead that Mother was fighting, her panic and innocence, forgetfulness, waste, and the creeping tide of debt.
Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959
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You always was such a muddlehead that you couldn't tell good from bad, and you don't know any better now.
Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Wot a muddlehead you are, Larry," growled Muggins; "ye don't even know that there's six senses."
Lost in the Forest Wandering Will's Adventures in South America 1859
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"And who has said a word about killing him, muddlehead?" replied
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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: draft (rough draft) brouillon, brouillonne (adjective) untidy, disorganized un brouillon, une brouillonne = a muddler, muddlehead
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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