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Definition of Saphead
1. Noun. A person who lacks good judgment.
Specialized synonyms: Ass, Buffoon, Clown, Flibbertigibbet, Foolish Woman, Fucker, Bozo, Cuckoo, Fathead, Goof, Goofball, Goose, Jackass, Twat, Zany, Meshuggeneh, Meshuggener, Morosoph, Putz, Wally
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton
Derivative terms: Fool, Fool
Definition of Saphead
1. n. A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.
Definition of Saphead
1. Noun. A simpleton, a stupid person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saphead
1. a foolish, stupid, or gullible person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saphead
Literary usage of Saphead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. We; a Confession of Faith for the American People During and After the War by Gerald Stanley Lee (1916)
"... XXIII THE RIGHTS OF A saphead It is a curiously simple-minded thing for a mind
to do that has any energy at all—to lop down into the idee, that one side ..."
2. Judge's Library: A Monthly Magazine of Fun (1887)
"I've walked a long distance and was just going to sit down and read for an hour."
(He kept on.) NOT BUNGLED. MR. saphead—" My knowledge of the music was ..."
3. Mapleton: Or, More Work for the Maine Law by Pharcellus Church (1853)
"But breathing denotes continuity, which saphead had not. ... saphead was the
generalissimo of all enterprises requiring money and action; ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"There's where they show their true colors, frightening some timid woman into
serving them or fooling her saphead of a husband with a hard-luck story. ..."
5. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"Everyone of 'em turned down for saphead, a man who parted his hair in the middle,
... "Miss Wiggins—or Mrs. saphead, to be more precise," said Mr. Brief, ..."
6. The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K (1)," by Ian Hay (1916)
"There are some big shell-craters there, and they may be using one of them as a
saphead. Anyhow, our orders are to go out to-night and see. ..."
7. We; a Confession of Faith for the American People During and After the War by Gerald Stanley Lee (1916)
"... XXIII THE RIGHTS OF A saphead It is a curiously simple-minded thing for a mind
to do that has any energy at all—to lop down into the idee, that one side ..."
8. Judge's Library: A Monthly Magazine of Fun (1887)
"I've walked a long distance and was just going to sit down and read for an hour."
(He kept on.) NOT BUNGLED. MR. saphead—" My knowledge of the music was ..."
9. Mapleton: Or, More Work for the Maine Law by Pharcellus Church (1853)
"But breathing denotes continuity, which saphead had not. ... saphead was the
generalissimo of all enterprises requiring money and action; ..."
10. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"There's where they show their true colors, frightening some timid woman into
serving them or fooling her saphead of a husband with a hard-luck story. ..."
11. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"Everyone of 'em turned down for saphead, a man who parted his hair in the middle,
... "Miss Wiggins—or Mrs. saphead, to be more precise," said Mr. Brief, ..."
12. The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K (1)," by Ian Hay (1916)
"There are some big shell-craters there, and they may be using one of them as a
saphead. Anyhow, our orders are to go out to-night and see. ..."
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