Blockhead
/ˈblɒkˌhɛd/noun
A foolish or stupid person.
Did you know?The insult combines block, from a word for a log or lump, with head, and its force comes from reducing a person to something heavy, dull, and unthinking rather than from any hidden occult origin.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
blāc
“bright, pale, shining”
Middle English
ME
blok
“a lump, log, or solid mass”
Old English
OE
hēafod
“head”
16th Century
English
blockhead
“a thick-skulled, stupid person”
Modern English
English
blockhead
“a foolish or stupid person”