addlehead

noun

addlehead

noun

Etymology From addle + head.

1

Colloquial A foolish or dull-witted person.

Those reverend addleheads, convinced of the genuine character of the communications, but with their "dominant idea," the devil, in their heads, summoned his highness the prince of darkness to give an account of the matter.1854, Samuel Byron Brittan, The Spiritual Telegraph, volume 3, page 131:

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