Dunderhead

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Dunderhead

Postby Stargzer » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:03 pm

Here's one that I'm surprised is not already in the Goodword Dictionary.
dun·der·head (dŭndər-hĕd′)
n.
A dunce.

[Perhaps Dutch donder, thunder (from Middle Dutch doner; see (s)tenə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + HEAD.]

dunder·head′ed adj.
dunderhead (n.) 1620s, from head (n.); the first element is obscure; perhaps from Middle Dutch doner, donder "to thunder" (compare blunderbuss).

blunderbuss (n.) 1650s, from Dutch donderbus, from donder "thunder" (Middle Dutch doner, donder, from Proto-Germanic *thunaraz; see thunder (n.)) + bus "gun" (originally "box, tube"); altered by resemblance to blunder.
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Re: Dunderhead

Postby Slava » Sun May 08, 2016 3:53 pm

Good word, we can always use other denigrating words to apply to politicians and their ilk.
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