Meanings
adjectivebeetle-headed (comparative more beetle-headed, superlative most beetle-headed)
comparative more beetle-headed · superlative most beetle-headed
- obsoleteMentally dull; stupid.
A whoreson, beetle-headed, flap-ear’d knave!
c. 1590–1592 (date written), 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, [Act IV, scene i]1 more example
One was a solemn-faced beetle-headed man with ginger hair[.]
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 61Synonyms: addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, birdbrained
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMentally dull; stupid.
Also see
ass-brainedbaby-brainedbee-brainedbirdbrainedboneheadedboobilyboobyboofheadedbrainlessbuffle-headedbullet-headedchowderheadedchuckleheadedcrackbraineddatelessdensedenteddimdozydrowsydulldumbdumb as an oxdumb as a postdumb as dirtdunderheadedempty-headedfatheadedfatuousflea-brainedhalf-brainedhalf-wittedhammer-headedharebrainedheadassjolter-headedlacklusterlumpishlunkheadedmeatheadedmentally challengedmuttonheadednittynumbskulledpeabrainedpudding-headedpurblindrockheadedsheep-headedshit-for-brainsslow on the uptakeslow-wittedsluggishsmooth-brainedstolidstupidtardedthickthick as a brickthick as a plank
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beetle-headed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beetle-headed
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Chicago
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