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featherhead

featherhead noun: a foolish person.

Noun

featherhead (plural featherheads)

  1. A foolish person.
    • He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust. Why hadn't he come straight to him—whatever the mysterious document was—instead of talking...1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.

Forms of featherhead

pluralfeatherheads

Origin of featherhead

From feather + head.

Questions about featherhead

What does featherhead mean?
Featherhead means a foolish person.
What part of speech is featherhead?
Featherhead is a noun.
What is the plural of featherhead?
The plural of featherhead is featherheads.

Words near featherhead in the dictionary

  1. featherfoils
  2. featherfoot
  3. featherfoots
  4. feathergrass
  5. feathergrasses
  6. featherhead
  7. featherheaded
  8. featherheads
  9. featherier
  10. featheries
  11. featheriest

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