chowderheaded

comparative more chowderheaded · superlative most chowderheaded · alternative chowder-headed

1. Stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense.

   We resumed business; and while plying our spoons in the bowl, thinks I to myself, I wonder now if this here has any effect on the head? What’s that stultifying saying about chowder-headed people?

   1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick

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   Taliferro had launched a glossy magazine called Da Niggarati, subtitled: For Dem Who Know Who Dey Be...If it was expensive and could be afforded by the average chowderheaded Negro, then it went into the magazine.

   2003, Norman Kelley, A Phat Death: Or, the Last Days of Noir Soul

   Synonyms: addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed