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woolly-pated en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Synonym of woolly-headed.
   • But when he saw who they were he stopped short, and the black scowl on his face changed to wonder and delight. 'Nob, you woolly-pated ninny!' he cried. 'Can't you give old friends their names? You shouldn't go scaring me like that, with times as they are. Well, well! And where have you come from? I never expected to see any of you folk again, and that's a fact: going off into the Wild with that Strider, and all those Black Men about. 1955, Tolkien. J.R.R., “Chapter 7, Homeward Bound”, in The Return of the King:

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woollypate

Synonyms

woolly-headed