mullet-headed

adjective

Foolish; dimwitted.

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Meanings

adjectivemullet-headed (comparative more mullet-headed, superlative most mullet-headed)

comparative more mullet-headed · superlative most mullet-headed

  1. Foolish; dimwitted.

    Well, it's enough to make a body sick, such mullet-headed ignorance!

    1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad
    1 more example

    They're so confiding and mullet-headed they don't take notice of nothing at all.

    1884, Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn
  2. Having a mullet hairstyle.

    One by one, he introduces his band, this latest incarnation of The Hawks, all mullet-headed and middle-aged.

    2004, Julia Nunes, Scott Simmie, Beyond Crazy: Journeys Through Mental Illness

Origin

From mullet + headed.

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