Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Dull of apprehension; stupid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Dull of apprehension.

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Examples

  • Tis as I told that fat-brained bald-pated sharp-nosed vulture-eyed pile of old—

    Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

  • Tis as I told that fat-brained bald-pated sharp-nosed vulture-eyed pile of old—

    Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

  • That the fat-brained rascal escaped a thrashing was due only to my inability to lift my hands for punishment; but my looks were dreadful and alarming, and capable of annihilating any one except

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • England, to mope with his fat-brained followers so far out of his knowledge!

    The Life of King Henry the Fifth 2004

  • "Who're you callin 'a' creature, 'you fat-brained ..."

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • "Who're you callin 'a' creature, 'you fat-brained ..."

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • "Who're you callin 'a' creature, 'you fat-brained ..."

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • "Who're you callin 'a' creature, 'you fat-brained ..."

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • He decided to wait, moved by the consideration that even if he were victorious the lawyers were sure to draw out of the fat-brained Scott the cause of the quarrel.

    Bucky O'Connor William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • I welcome such an antagonist -- these fat-brained peasants about here are too simple to stimulate me to good work.

    The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play Paul Dickey 1909

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