dunderhead

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But it didn't take much of an interest in whether the bank might be appointing a dunderhead, an incompetent, as a steward of our precious savings.

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  1. noun A dunce.

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  • The goblin rolled over on his mat, "Go away, dunderhead," he muttered without opening his eyes. —  Harpy Thyme
  • "And you have not yet married her I don't marry for money Then you are a dunderhead," spit Chiun. —  Destroyer 107: Feast or Famine
  • The media routinely dismissed Reagan as a senile dunderhead. —  Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
  • But it didn't take much of an interest in whether the bank might be appointing a dunderhead, an incompetent, as a steward of our precious savings. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • Baron Vaughn, who plays Winstead's dunderhead "Wake Up World" co-host, will be the opening act. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
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  1. Perhaps Dutch donder, thunder (from Middle Dutch doner; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots) + head.

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  1. Orig. English dial., apparently from dunder, = thunder (cf. Scots donnard, stupid, apparently of same ult. origin), + head. Cf. equivalent dunderpate, dunderpoll.
 

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/ˈdəndərhɛd/
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