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hotheadedness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English hotheaded Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English hotheadedness From hotheaded + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
   • But despite his reputation for hotheadedness, the gruff general, 48, had managed to become Premier of the primitive Arab nation no fewer than seven times since 1962. 1971 September 20, “Crossed Wires”, in Time:
   • In place of hot-headedness and rashness on the part of those whose views did not agree with the sentiment that prompted the movement, which might be expected from their southern blood, we find cool counsels and a determination to make the best of what was accepted from the first as an accomplished fact. 1889 December 4, “Editorial (Article 5)”, in New York Times, page 4:
   • As the cars headed to Turn 1 on the cool-down lap, Stewart's hotheadedness saw him pull up beside Johnson and try to push him up the banking into the wall. 2005 February 24, Jeff Pappone, “A touch of class . . . and then there's Stewart”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 12 Jan 2009:

Forms

Translations (2)

grc ὀξυθυμία (state or characteristic of being hotheaded; tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked) · de Hitzköpfigkeit (state or characteristic of being hotheaded; tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked)