bun-headed

adjective

Lacking intelligence; soft in the head.

Meanings

adjectivebun-headed (comparative more bun-headed, superlative most bun-headed)

comparative more bun-headed · superlative most bun-headed

  1. derogatoryLacking intelligence; soft in the head.

    [T]he Puddin' merely laughed scornfully, and called Bill a bun-headed old beetle-crusher.

    1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 88
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Chicago

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