Meanings
adjectiveloggerheaded (comparative more loggerheaded, superlative most loggerheaded)
comparative more loggerheaded · superlative most loggerheaded
- dull; stupid
a great loggerheaded booby
1653-1693, Thomas Urquhart, The Works of Rabelais1 more example
Here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! / You logger-headed and unpolish'd grooms!
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used informally) stupid
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