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blockheadess

blockheadess noun: a female blockhead.

Noun

blockheadess (plural blockheadesses)

  1. (nonce-word) A female blockhead.
    • "If I did, every body would say I put them into my book," said the Princess, "for all the blockheads and blockheadesses think themselves printable; and draw what you may, 'each cries that was levelled at him.'"1827, Lady Morgan, The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys, Volume 4, p. 360 (Google Books view)

Forms of blockheadess

pluralblockheadesses

Origin of blockheadess

From blockhead + -ess.

Questions about blockheadess

What does blockheadess mean?
Blockheadess means a female blockhead.
What part of speech is blockheadess?
Blockheadess is a noun.
What is the plural of blockheadess?
The plural of blockheadess is blockheadesses.

Words near blockheadess in the dictionary

  1. blockgroups
  2. blockhead
  3. blockheaded
  4. blockheadedly
  5. blockheadedness
  6. blockheadess
  7. blockheadesses
  8. blockheading
  9. blockheadish
  10. blockheadism
  11. blockheadisms

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