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saphead

[sap-hed]
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noun Slang.
  1. a simpleton; fool.
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Origin of saphead

First recorded in 1790–1800; sap1 + head
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Related Words

kook, goof, bonehead, fanatic, eccentric, nut, crackpot, character, blockhead, dingbat, dumbbell, bozo, saphead, lunkhead, numbskull

Examples from the Web for saphead

Historical Examples

  • He doesn't fancy Captain Billy Morgan, thinks him rather a saphead.

    Janet of the Dunes

    Harriet T. Comstock

  • The latter called their enemies "muckers," and these retorted with the term "saphead."

    The Blue Dragon

    Kirk Munroe

  • I bet I know what that saphead of an editor had to say without reading his letter.

  • She wasn't a saphead herself, but there might be some about.

    Two Knapsacks

    John Campbell

  • A feller that kin kick like that didn't orter be called Sapwood nor Saphead nor Sapanything.

    Two Little Savages

    Ernest Thompson Seton

British Dictionary definitions for saphead

saphead1

noun
  1. slang a simpleton, idiot, or fool
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Derived Formssapheaded, adjective

saphead2

noun
  1. military the end of a sap nearest to the enemy
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