loggerheaded
English
Adjective
loggerheaded (comparative more loggerheaded, superlative most loggerheaded)
- dull; stupid
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! / You logger-headed and unpolish'd grooms!
- 1653-1693, Thomas Urquhart, The Works of Rabelais:
- a great loggerheaded booby
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Derived terms
- loggerheaded duck
References
loggerheaded in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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