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chowderheaded

chowderheaded adjective: stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense.

Adjective

chowderheaded (comparative more chowderheaded, superlative most chowderheaded)

  1. Stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense.
    • We resumed business; and while plying our spoons in the bowl, thinks I to myself, I wonder now if this here has any effect on the head? What’s that stultifying saying about chowder-headed people?1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
    • Taliferro had launched a glossy magazine called Da Niggarati, subtitled: For Dem Who Know Who Dey Be...If it was expensive and could be afforded by the average chowderheaded Negro, then it went into the magazine.2003, Norman Kelley, A Phat Death: Or, the Last Days of Noir Soul

Synonyms of chowderheaded

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Forms of chowderheaded

comparativemore chowderheaded
superlativemost chowderheaded
alternative formchowder-headed

Origin of chowderheaded

From chowder + headed.

Questions about chowderheaded

What does chowderheaded mean?
Chowderheaded means stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense.
What part of speech is chowderheaded?
Chowderheaded is an adjective.

Words near chowderheaded in the dictionary

  1. chowder-head
  2. chowder-headed
  3. chowder-heads
  4. chowdered
  5. chowderhead
  6. chowderheaded
  7. chowderheads
  8. chowdering
  9. chowderlike
  10. chowders
  11. Chowdhary

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