Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jolter-headed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jolter--head-ed
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

foolish; stupid

Archaic

Example Sentences

"As to corporations, parishes, vestry-boards, and similar gatherings of jolter-headed clods ... I would have the necks of every one of them wrung and their skulls arranged in Surgeons' Hall for the contemplation of the whole profession in order that its younger members might understand from actual measurement, in early life, HOW thick skulls may become!"

Etymology

See jolthead and jolterhead.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more jolter-headed (comparative) most jolter-headed (superlative) jolterheaded (alternative)

Synonyms

addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted soft beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian boneheaded

Questions

What does jolter-headed mean?: foolish; stupid
Where does jolter-headed come from?: See jolthead and jolterhead.

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