blockheadism
English
Etymology
Noun
blockheadism (countable and uncountable, plural blockheadisms)
- The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity or idiocy.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book IV (Terror), page 272:
- Robespierre, when he heard of it, broke out into something almost like swearing at the brutish blockheadism of this Hébert[.]
Translations
stupidity
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References
- “blockheadism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.