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Apr 10, 2019
This week’s themeWords related to bones
This week’s words
bred-in-the-bone
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bonehead
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PRONUNCIATION:
(BOHN-hed) 
MEANING:
noun: A stupid person.
adjective: Stupid; thoughtless.
adjective: Stupid; thoughtless.
ETYMOLOGY:
A bonehead is someone thick-skulled, a blockhead. The word is a combination of bone, from Old English ban (bone) + head, from Old English heafod (top of the body). Earliest documented use: 1903.
USAGE:
“Mr Bush is widely seen, abroad if not at home, as a bonehead with more brawn than brain.”
In Search of Monsters; The Economist (London, UK); Dec 20, 2003.
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In Search of Monsters; The Economist (London, UK); Dec 20, 2003.
See more usage examples of bonehead in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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