Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blockhead"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Blockhead \Block"head`\, n. [Block + head.]
A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of
learned lumber in his head. --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

blockhead
n : these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's
intelligence [syn: {dunce}, {dunderhead}, {numskull}, {bonehead},
{lunkhead}, {hammerhead}, {knucklehead}, {loggerhead}, {muttonhead},
{shithead}, {fuckhead}]


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