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- puzzleheadedness noun
Etymology
Origin of puzzleheaded
Example Sentences
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The four novellas in The Puzzleheaded Girl should firmly establish her reputation as a writer who can make the familiar meaningful without gimmickry.
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Her essential theme in The Puzzleheaded Girl is rootlessness.
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It was not till that reputation had made him an Earl, a Knight of the Garter, Lord High Treasurer of England, and master of the fate of Europe, that his admirers began to find out that he was really a dull puzzleheaded man.
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