blockheadess

noun

blockheadess

noun

Etymology From blockhead + -ess.

1

Nonce word A female blockhead.

  • "If I did, every body would say I put them into my book," said the Princess, "for all the blockheads and blockheadesses think themselves printable; and draw what you may, 'each cries that was levelled at him.'"1827, Lady Morgan, The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys, Volume 4, p. 360 (Google Books view)

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