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fatheaded

American  
[fat-hed-id] / ˈfætˌhɛd ɪd /

adjective

  1. foolish; fatuous; witless.


Other Word Forms

  • fatheadedly adverb
  • fatheadedness noun

Etymology

Origin of fatheaded

1500–10, for literal sense; fathead + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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This will sound fatheaded, but I wish Joe Biden would read my 2016 novel “The Mandibles,” and I hope I’d say that even if it had been written by someone else.

From New York Times

This, as she concedes, was a fatheaded blunder.

From Economist

Her speeches and activities at the foundation have also been exaggerated; both were politically fatheaded but, on the evidence available, not corrupt.

From Economist

Big Bertha was the nickname for a World War I German howitzer but also a fatheaded golf club.

From The Wall Street Journal

James might be wrongheaded; but George was fatheaded.

From Project Gutenberg