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wooden-headed

[ wood-n-hed-id ]
/ ˈwʊd nˌhɛd ɪd /
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adjective Informal.
thick-headed, dull; stupid.
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Origin of wooden-headed

First recorded in 1850–55

OTHER WORDS FROM wooden-headed

wood·en-head·ed·ness, noun
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