Blockhead

Alternative forms

• block head, block-head

Origin

1549, block("n.") + head.

Full definition of blockhead

Noun

1. (colloquial) A stupid person.
• 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, So I think, blockheads, said Manfred: what is it has scared you thus?

Synonyms

Derived terms

• blockheaded
• blockheadess