blockheadess

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noun

A female blockhead.

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Meanings

nounblockheadess (plural blockheadesses)

plural blockheadesses

  1. nonce wordA female blockhead.

    "If I did, every body would say I put them into my book," said the Princess, "for all the blockheads and blockheadesses think themselves printable; and draw what you may, 'each cries that was levelled at him.'"

    1827, Lady Morgan, The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys, Volume 4, p. 360 (Google Books view)

Origin

From blockhead + -ess.

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APA

blockheadess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockheadess

MLA

“blockheadess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockheadess. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blockheadess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockheadess.

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