shallowpate

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noun

One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.

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Meanings

nounshallowpate (plural shallowpates)

plural shallowpates

  1. derogatoryOne whose thinking is shallow or superficial.

    There were Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, a pretty, vivacious little woman in the thirties; her husband, a jovial fellow, something of a shallow-pate, who laughed a good deal at other people's witticisms, and had thereby made himself extremely popular.

    1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Origin

From shallow + pate.

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APA

shallowpate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallowpate

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“shallowpate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallowpate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shallowpate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallowpate.

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