dunderpate

D2U1N1D2E1R1P3A1T1E1

noun

dunderhead

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Meanings

noundunderpate (plural dunderpates)

plural dunderpates

  1. dunderhead

    Homer: Here's your package, Mr. Burns! Mr. Burns: [Sputters] My name is the return address, you senseless dunderpate!

    1995, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, “Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One”, in The Simpsons

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
idiot

Origin

From dunder + pate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

dunderpate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunderpate

MLA

“dunderpate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunderpate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dunderpate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunderpate.

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