blockheadism en · NOUN
Etymology
From blockhead + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity or idiocy.
Robespierre, when he heard of it, broke out into something almost like swearing at the brutish blockheadism of this Hébert[.]
1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book IV (Terror), page 272:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blockheadisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
pl bałwaństwo (stupidity)