jolter-headed en · ADJ
Etymology
See jolthead and jolterhead.
Meanings
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(archaic) foolish; stupid
As to corporations, parishes, vestry-boards, and similar gatherings of jolter-headed clods ... I would have the necks of every one of them wrung and their skulls arranged in Surgeons' Hall for the contemplation of the whole profession in order that its younger members might understand from actual measurement, in early life, HOW thick skulls may become!
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 13, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jolterheaded | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most jolter-headed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more jolter-headed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
braindead · slow · dozy · intellectually challenged · cerebrally challenged · simple · beef-witted · inane · empty-headed · rockheaded · half-brained · lamebrained · puerile · nitwitted · not the sharpest crayon in the box · chowderheaded · sheep-headed · obtuse · dumb as a box of rocks · mentally retarded · thickheaded · hammer-headed · slow on the uptake · beefheaded · cretinous · feeble-minded · fuckwitted · shit-for-brains · thick · silly · crackbrained · buffle-headed · dim-headed · dumb as an ox · dull-minded · thick as a brick · flea-brained · ridiculous · thick-skulled · bee-brained · thick as mince · uninformed · dumb as a bag of hammers · knuckleheaded · retarded · thick as two short planks · thick as a plank · not the sharpest tool in the shed · stolid · childish · dunderheaded · boneheaded · numbskulled · thick as a whale omelette · ignorant · bullet-headed · dumb as a doorknob · soft · addlebrained · fuzzy-minded · bubbleheaded · lunkheaded · unsmart · boofheaded · imbecilic · mentally challenged · vacant · insipid · lumpish · brainless · oafish · birdbrained · fuzzy-headed · peabrained · dumb as a sack of hammers · pudding-headed · pratty · vacuous · dumb as dirt · dull-headed · doltish · woolly-headed · dense · woolly-minded · dull · dull-witted · goofy · quarter-witted · dumber than a rock · muttonheaded · unclever · witless · dumber than a box of rocks · addlepated · fatheaded · purblind · unapprehensive · sharp as a bowling ball · blockheaded · airheaded · beetle-headed · monosynaptic · foolish · dumb · half-witted · thickwitted · idiotic · drowsy · moronic · dim-witted · wool-headed · chuckleheaded · unintelligent · dim · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · slow-witted · mindless · Boeotian · ass-brained · lowbrow · smooth-brained · dumb as a post · stupid · thick as pig shit · daft · wooden-headed · thick as champ · dim-bulb · dented · dopey