blockhead

English

Alternative forms

• block head, block-head

Etymology

1549, block (“n.”) +‎ head.

Noun

blockhead (plural blockheads)

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

• See also Wikisaurus:idiot

Derived terms

• blockheaded
• blockheadess

Translations

stupid person

• Armenian: տխմար (hy) (txmar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傻子 (cmn) (shǎzi), 傻瓜 (cmn) (shǎguā)

• Dutch: stomkop (nl) m and f, domkop (nl) m and f
• Finnish: pölkkypää (fi), puupää (fi)
• French: imbécile (fr), cancre (fr) m and f
• German: Dummkopf (de) m

• Japanese: でくのぼう (ja) (dekunobō), うすのろ (ja) (usunoro)
• Latin: caudex (la)
• Russian: тупица (ru) (tupíca) c, болван (ru) (bolván) m
• Scottish Gaelic: amadan (gd) m, burraidh (gd) m
• Swedish: träskalle ("woodhead")
• Turkish: ahmak (tr), aptal (tr), gerzek (tr), hıyarağası (tr), mankafa (tr)