loggerheaded

English

Adjective

loggerheaded (comparative more loggerheaded, superlative most loggerheaded)

dull; stupid
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):
  
  Here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! here, sir!
  You logger-headed and unpolish'd grooms!
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Derived terms

loggerheaded duck

References

loggerheaded in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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