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jolterheaded

jolterheaded is the alternative form of jolter-headed.

Meaning of jolter-headed

Adjective

jolter-headed (comparative more jolter-headed, superlative most jolter-headed)

  1. (archaic) foolish; stupid
    • As to corporations, parishes, vestry-boards, and similar gatherings of jolter-headed clods ... I would have the necks of every one of them wrung and their skulls arranged in Surgeons' Hall for the contemplation of the whole profession in order that its younger members might understand from actual...1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 13, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

Forms of jolterheaded

comparativemore jolterheaded
superlativemost jolterheaded

Origin of jolterheaded

See jolthead and jolterhead.

Questions about jolterheaded

What is jolterheaded the alternative form of?
Jolterheaded is the alternative form of jolter-headed.

Words near jolterheaded in the dictionary

  1. jolter
  2. jolter head
  3. jolter heads
  4. jolter-headed
  5. jolterhead
  6. jolterheaded
  7. jolterheads
  8. jolters
  9. jolthead
  10. jolthead porgies
  11. jolthead porgy

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