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loggerheaded

loggerheaded adjective: dull; stupid.

Adjective

loggerheaded (comparative more loggerheaded, superlative most loggerheaded)

  1. dull; stupid
    • Here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! / You logger-headed and unpolish'd grooms!c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • a great loggerheaded booby1653-1693, Thomas Urquhart, The Works of Rabelais

Forms of loggerheaded

comparativemore loggerheaded
superlativemost loggerheaded

Words formed from loggerheaded

  • loggerheaded duck

Questions about loggerheaded

What does loggerheaded mean?
Loggerheaded means dull; stupid.
What part of speech is loggerheaded?
Loggerheaded is an adjective.

Words near loggerheaded in the dictionary

  1. loggerhead sea turtles
  2. loggerhead shrike
  3. loggerhead shrikes
  4. loggerhead turtle
  5. loggerhead turtles
  6. loggerheaded
  7. loggerheads
  8. loggers
  9. logges
  10. logget
  11. loggets

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