asshead

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈæsˌhɛd/ UK /ˈæsˌhɛd/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
a stupid person; a blockhead

Only an asshead would ignore such an obvious warning.

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1 noun · a stupid person; a blockhead blockhead dolt dunce fool idiot numskull simpleton

Word family

Related forms ass head asinine

Etymology

A compound of ass (the donkey, a proverbially stupid beast) and head, denoting a person with the head of an ass; chiefly archaic, used by Shakespeare.

assa Old English hēafod Old English

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# asshead

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈæsˌhɛd
**IPA (UK):** ˈæsˌhɛd

## Meanings
1. a stupid person; a blockhead

## Examples
- Only an asshead would ignore such an obvious warning.

## Synonyms
- blockhead
- dolt
- dunce
- fool
- idiot
- numskull
- simpleton

## Related Forms
- ass
- head
- asinine

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: assa
- Root: hēafod

## Etymology
A compound of ass (the donkey, a proverbially stupid beast) and head, denoting a person with the head of an ass; chiefly archaic, used by Shakespeare.

## AI Etymology
Asshead is a compound of ass (the donkey, a proverbially stupid beast) and head, denoting a person with the head of an ass; chiefly archaic, used by Shakespeare. Important recorded forms include assa (Old English) and hēafod (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a stupid person; a blockhead. The wider family includes related words such as ass, head, and asinine.

## Topics
- People & Society

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