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dunder-headed

dunder-headed is the alternative form of dunderheaded.

Meaning of dunderheaded

Adjective

dunderheaded (comparative more dunderheaded, superlative most dunderheaded)

  1. Stupid, foolish.
    • Much nearer sixty years of age than fifty, with a flowing outline of stomach, and horizontal creases in his waistcoat; reputed to be rich; voting at elections in the strictly respectable interest; morally satisfied that nothing but he himself has grown since he was a baby; how can dunder-headed Mr....1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, chapter 4, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC

Forms of dunder-headed

comparativemore dunder-headed
superlativemost dunder-headed

Questions about dunder-headed

What is dunder-headed the alternative form of?
Dunder-headed is the alternative form of dunderheaded.

Words near dunder-headed in the dictionary

  1. Dundathu pines
  2. Dundee
  3. Dundee cake
  4. Dundee cakes
  5. dunder
  6. dunder-headed
  7. dunderfuck
  8. dunderfucks
  9. dunderfunk
  10. dunderhead
  11. dunderheaded

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