blockhead Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
    bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.

WordNet


Block"head` noun
Etymology
Block + head.
Definitions
  1. A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
    The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head. Pope.

Webster 1913