chuckleheaded

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   informal and insulting: stupid, foolish, or slow-witted

   The chuckleheaded scheme failed before it had properly begun.

From chucklehead + -ed, literally 'having the head of a chucklehead.' Chucklehead is an old insulting compound for a fool, probably expressive in formation and modeled on words such as blockhead.

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