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beetleheaded

beetleheaded is the alternative form of beetle-headed.

Meaning of beetle-headed

Adjective

beetle-headed (comparative more beetle-headed, superlative most beetle-headed)

  1. (obsolete) Mentally dull; stupid.
    • A whoreson, beetle-headed, flap-ear’d knave!c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of beetleheaded

comparativemore beetleheaded
superlativemost beetleheaded

Questions about beetleheaded

What is beetleheaded the alternative form of?
Beetleheaded is the alternative form of beetle-headed.

Words near beetleheaded in the dictionary

  1. beetlebrain
  2. beetlebrained
  3. beetlebrains
  4. beetled
  5. beetlehead
  6. beetleheaded
  7. beetleheads
  8. beetlelike
  9. beetlemania
  10. beetler
  11. beetlers

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