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turnip-headed

turnip-headed adjective: stupid; foolish.

Adjective

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

  1. (dated, derogatory, slang) Stupid; foolish.
    • This consequential pigmy is in fact a perfect curiosity of the human species, and was doubtless intended by nature to occupy a niche in the gallery of the Australian Pickwick. Risen from the bench of the mechanic this turnip-headed moon-calf has the overweening presumption to aspire to the bench of...1840 January 18, The Colonist, Sydney, page 2, column 5
    • [H]e called Bill a turnip-headed old carrot-cruncher, and other insulting names.1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 130

Forms of turnip-headed

comparativemore turnip-headed
superlativemost turnip-headed

Questions about turnip-headed

What does turnip-headed mean?
Turnip-headed means stupid; foolish.
What part of speech is turnip-headed?
Turnip-headed is an adjective.

Words near turnip-headed in the dictionary

  1. turnip watch
  2. turnip watches
  3. Turnip Winter
  4. turnip-cabbage
  5. turnip-cabbages
  6. turnip-headed
  7. turnip-rooted parsley
  8. turnip-rooted parsleys
  9. turniped
  10. turniping
  11. turnipless

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