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Definition of Dunderhead
1. Noun. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
Generic synonyms: Dolt, Dullard, Pillock, Poor Fish, Pudden-head, Pudding Head, Stupe, Stupid, Stupid Person
Definition of Dunderhead
1. n. A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.
Definition of Dunderhead
1. Noun. A stupid person; a dunce ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dunderhead
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunderhead
Literary usage of Dunderhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1824)
"Never believe in the intellect of a Whig, merely because you hear all the Whigs
trumpet him — nay, hold fast your faith that he is a dunderhead, ..."
2. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1856)
"... and dotted with one single stray Booby, the Solitary dunderhead might, ere
long, undergo so essential a modification, that your Althorp should be ..."
3. The Boy's Yearly Book by John Tillotson (1867)
"Cheap mutton and dunderhead—No taxes and dunderhead—Everybody a top- sawyer and
dunderhead. ... Who so friendly with the poorest voter as dunderhead ? ..."
4. My Escape from the Mutinies in Oudh by Robert Dwarris Gibney (1858)
""Damn your changing of mind, Sir," said little dunderhead, red with rage. ...
said dunderhead, turning towards me, and apparently for the first time ..."
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