beetle-headed en · ADJ
Meanings
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(obsolete) Mentally dull; stupid.
A whoreson, beetle-headed, flap-ear’d knave!
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:One was a solemn-faced beetle-headed man with ginger hair[.]
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 61:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more beetle-headed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most beetle-headed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
dull-minded · buffle-headed · lowbrow · thick as two short planks · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · peabrained · thick · lamebrained · not the sharpest crayon in the box · bullet-headed · idiotic · monosynaptic · unintelligent · Boeotian · addlebrained · sheep-headed · ass-brained · knuckleheaded · thick as mince · beef-witted · goofy · uninformed · simple · dopey · thick as a whale omelette · feeble-minded · purblind · witless · crackbrained · vacant · slow on the uptake · empty-headed · vacuous · inane · bee-brained · childish · half-brained · thick as pig shit · lumpish · unclever · brainless · slow-witted · flea-brained · obtuse · mentally retarded · dim-bulb · nitwitted · dented · boneheaded · dumb as a doorknob · thick as champ · ridiculous · dim-headed · mindless · dull · unapprehensive · dumb as dirt · dumb as a box of rocks · pratty · airheaded · stupid · quarter-witted · insipid · dumb as a bag of hammers · dumb · rockheaded · dim · wool-headed · dumb as a post · fatheaded · foolish · dumb as a sack of hammers · dumber than a rock · muttonheaded · puerile · unsmart · drowsy · dull-witted · thick-skulled · dense · half-witted · lunkheaded · blockheaded · cretinous · beetle-headed · boofheaded · fuckwitted · dumber than a box of rocks · thick as a brick · addlepated · soft · thick as a plank · chuckleheaded · chowderheaded · dumb as an ox · shit-for-brains · beefheaded · fuzzy-minded · not the sharpest tool in the shed · thickheaded · cerebrally challenged · thickwitted · braindead · pudding-headed · oafish · dozy · doltish · bubbleheaded · dull-headed · wooden-headed · hammer-headed · ignorant · daft · stolid · retarded · smooth-brained · slow · woolly-headed · birdbrained · intellectually challenged · dunderheaded · dim-witted · moronic · woolly-minded · imbecilic · fuzzy-headed · silly · mentally challenged · sharp as a bowling ball · numbskulled