asshead
asshead noun: an idiotic or undesirable person.
Noun
asshead (plural assheads)
- An idiotic or undesirable person.
- But some will say, our curate is naught, an asshead, a dodipole, a lack-latin, and can do nothing: Shall I pay him my tithes, that doth us no good or none will do? Yea, I say, thou must pay him his due; and if he be such a one, complain to the bishop.1550, Hugh Latimer, A Sermon preached at Stamford, 9 October, 1550, in The Sermons and Life of Hugh Latimer, edited by John Watkins, London: Aylott & Son, Vol. I, p. 288
- To disgrace therefore many untowardly asseheades, that through malepertnes thinke to purchase them the name of a good Courtyer, I would have suche a pastime for this night, that one of the company myght bee picked out who should take in hand to shape in woordes a good Courtyer, specifying all suche...1561, Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528), translated by Thomas Hoby, London: David Nutt, 1900, Book One, pp. 41-42
Synonyms of asshead
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Forms of asshead
| plural | assheads |
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| alternative form | arsehead |
Origin of asshead
From ass (“donkey or buttocks”) + head.
Questions about asshead
- What does asshead mean?
- Asshead means an idiotic or undesirable person.
- What part of speech is asshead?
- Asshead is a noun.
- What is the plural of asshead?
- The plural of asshead is assheads.
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