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addleheads

addleheads is the plural of addlehead.

Meaning of addlehead

Noun

addlehead (plural addleheads)

  1. (colloquial) A foolish or dull-witted person.
    • Those reverend addleheads, convinced of the genuine character of the communications, but with their "dominant idea," the devil, in their heads, summoned his highness the prince of darkness to give an account of the matter.1854, Samuel Byron Brittan, The Spiritual Telegraph, volume 3, page 131

Questions about addleheads

What is addleheads the plural of?
Addleheads is the plural of addlehead.

Words near addleheads in the dictionary

  1. addlebrains
  2. addled
  3. addlehead
  4. addleheaded
  5. addleheadedness
  6. addleheads
  7. Addleman
  8. Addlemans
  9. addlement
  10. addleness
  11. addlepate

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