Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fiddleheaded

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fid-dle-head-ed
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having confused or foolish notions.

Archaic; Derogatory

Etymology

From fiddle + headed.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more fiddleheaded (comparative) most fiddleheaded (superlative)

Questions

What does fiddleheaded mean?
Having confused or foolish notions.
Where does fiddleheaded come from?
From fiddle + headed.

How to pronounce fiddleheaded

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