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cittern-heads

cittern-heads is the plural of cittern-head.

Meaning of cittern-head

Noun

cittern-head (plural cittern-heads)

  1. (obsolete) A blockhead; a dunce.
    • Shall brainless cittern-heads, each jobbernoul, / Pocket the very genius of thy soul?1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of...

Questions about cittern-heads

What is cittern-heads the plural of?
Cittern-heads is the plural of cittern-head.

Words near cittern-heads in the dictionary

  1. cits
  2. cits.
  3. cittadel
  4. cittern
  5. cittern-head
  6. cittern-heads
  7. citternhead
  8. citternheads
  9. citternist
  10. citternists
  11. citterns

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