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blockheadisms

blockheadisms is the plural of blockheadism.

Meaning of blockheadism

Noun

blockheadism (countable and uncountable, plural blockheadisms)

  1. The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity or idiocy.
    • Robespierre, when he heard of it, broke out into something almost like swearing at the brutish blockheadism of this Hébert[.]1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book IV (Terror), page 272

Questions about blockheadisms

What is blockheadisms the plural of?
Blockheadisms is the plural of blockheadism.

Words near blockheadisms in the dictionary

  1. blockheadess
  2. blockheadesses
  3. blockheading
  4. blockheadish
  5. blockheadism
  6. blockheadisms
  7. blockheadly
  8. blockheads
  9. blockholder
  10. blockholders
  11. blockhole

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