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mullet-headed

mullet-headed adjective: foolish; dimwitted.

Adjective

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

  1. Foolish; dimwitted.
    • They're so confiding and mullet-headed they don't take notice of nothing at all.1884, Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn
    • Well, it's enough to make a body sick, such mullet-headed ignorance!1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad
  2. Having a mullet hairstyle.
    • One by one, he introduces his band, this latest incarnation of The Hawks, all mullet-headed and middle-aged.2004, Julia Nunes, Scott Simmie, Beyond Crazy: Journeys Through Mental Illness

Forms of mullet-headed

comparativemore mullet-headed
superlativemost mullet-headed

Origin of mullet-headed

From mullet + headed.

Questions about mullet-headed

What does mullet-headed mean?
Mullet-headed means foolish; dimwitted.
What part of speech is mullet-headed?
Mullet-headed is an adjective.

Words near mullet-headed in the dictionary

  1. mullerian duct
  2. Mullerian ducts
  3. mullering
  4. mullers
  5. mullet
  6. mullet-headed
  7. mulleted
  8. mullethead
  9. mulletheads
  10. mulletlike
  11. mullets

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