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shallowpates

shallowpates is the plural of shallowpate.

Meaning of shallowpate

Noun

shallowpate (plural shallowpates)

  1. (derogatory) One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.
    • There were Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, a pretty, vivacious little woman in the thirties; her husband, a jovial fellow, something of a shallow-pate, who laughed a good deal at other people's witticisms, and had thereby made himself extremely popular.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Questions about shallowpates

What is shallowpates the plural of?
Shallowpates is the plural of shallowpate.

Words near shallowpates in the dictionary

  1. shallowish
  2. shallowly
  3. shallowness
  4. shallownesses
  5. shallowpate
  6. shallowpates
  7. shallows
  8. shalm
  9. shalmali
  10. shalms
  11. shalom

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