jolter-headed

adjective

foolish; stupid

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Meanings

adjectivejolter-headed (comparative more jolter-headed, superlative most jolter-headed)

comparative more jolter-headed · superlative most jolter-headed · alternative jolterheaded

  1. archaicfoolish; stupid
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    As to corporations, parishes, vestry-boards, and similar gatherings of jolter-headed clods ... I would have the necks of every one of them wrung and their skulls arranged in Surgeons' Hall for the contemplation of the whole profession in order that its younger members might understand from actual measurement, in early life, HOW thick skulls may become!

    1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 13, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefoolish; stupid

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Origin

See jolthead and jolterhead.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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