different between dunderhead vs dunderpate
dunderhead
English
Etymology
dunder +? head
Noun
dunderhead (plural dunderheads)
- (somewhat dated) A stupid person; a dunce.
- 1883, Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, ch. 6:
- You're the stupidest dunderhead I ever saw or ever heard of, so help me Moses!
- 1915, Basil King, The Side Of The Angels, ch. 3:
- Poor old fellow's a dunderhead. That's where it is in a nutshell. Never could make a living. . . . Nice old chap as ever lived. Only impractical, dreamy. Gentle as a sheep—and no more capable of running that big, expensive plant than a motherly old ewe.
- 2004 May 23, Maureen Dowd, "Bay of Goats," New York Times (retrieved 29 Nov 2017):
- Cheney & Company swooned over Mr. Chalabi because he was telling them what they wanted to hear. . . . A half-dozen dunderheads who thought they knew everything assumed they could control Mr. Chalabi and use him as the instrument of their utopian fantasies.
- 1883, Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, ch. 6:
Alternative forms
- dinderhead (Southwestern England)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fool
Derived terms
- dunderheaded
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dunderpate
English
Etymology
dunder +? pate
Noun
dunderpate (plural dunderpates)
- dunderhead
- 1995, Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein, The Simpsons, "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One",
- Homer: Here's your package, Mr. Burns!
Mr. Burns: [Sputters] My name is the return address, you senseless dunderpate!
- Homer: Here's your package, Mr. Burns!
- 1995, Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein, The Simpsons, "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One",
Anagrams
- undeparted, unpredated
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