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fathead

English

Etymology

fat +? head

Noun

fathead (plural fatheads)

  1. (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
  2. A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
  3. A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
  4. A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
  5. Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps

Synonyms

  • (derogatory): dunce, imbecile, lout, nincompoop, see also Thesaurus:idiot

Antonyms

  • (derogatory): genius

Translations

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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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