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blockhead

English

Alternative forms

  • block head, block-head

Etymology

1549, block (“n.”) +? head.

Pronunciation

Noun

blockhead (plural blockheads)

  1. (colloquial) A stupid person.
  2. A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:idiot

Derived terms

  • blockheaded
  • blockheadess

Translations

Verb

blockhead (third-person singular simple present blockheads, present participle blockheading, simple past and past participle blockheaded)

  1. To perform as a human blockhead.
  2. (rare) To behave in a stupid manner.

Anagrams

  • headblock

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nitwit

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialectal form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ???? (nit), dialectal form of ????? (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) +? wit.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?n?tw?t/

Noun

nitwit (plural nitwits)

  1. (informal) A scatterbrained or stupid person.
    • 1918, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Annual Report, page 82
      If you don't remember you are a nitwit. If you do answer, well, you know what the penalty is for perjury.
    • 1921, Emmett Campbell Hall, "Need a Hero be a Nitwit?", The Editor, page 58

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:fool

Translations

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