Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blunderhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blun-der-head
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders.

Example Sentences

""What do you suppose I cared whether I waked you or not, you blunderhead."
"At the rate of this thick-skulled blunderhead, every plow-jobber shall take upon him to read upon divinity.""

Etymology

From blunder + -head.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: blunder

Inflected Forms

blunderheads (plural)

Synonyms

fool

Questions

What does blunderhead mean?: Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders.
Where does blunderhead come from?: From blunder + -head.

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