muddlehead en · NOUN
Etymology
From muddle + head.
Meanings
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(colloquial) A stupid person.
A reactionary muddlehead who waves the feminist banner does not thereby cease to be a reactionary muddlehead.
1978 April 1, John Lauritsen, “Praising Mitzel”, in Gay Community News, page 4:The Anglo-Saxon muddlehead is always doing this. It is his great intellectual excellence, and makes him the ridicule of Europe
1882, Charles Reade, Readiana: Comments on Current Events:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| muddleheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |