stupid fellow
101calf — ‘How now, you wanton calf, Art thou my calf?’ says Leontes to his son Mamillius, in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Applied to a person, ‘calf’ seems to have had a wide range of meanings in the seventeenth century. It could imply meekness,… …
102gawk — [gôk] n. [prob. var. of GOWK] a clumsy, stupid fellow; simpleton vi. to stare stupidly, like a gawk gawkish adj …
103loggerhead — [lôg′ər hed΄, läg′ər hed΄] n. [dial. logger, heavy block of wood (< LOG1) + HEAD] 1. a long handled tool with a ball, or bulb, at the end, used when heated to melt tar, heat liquids, etc. 2. any of a genus (Caretta, family Cheloniidae) of sea… …
104moke — [mōk] n. [< ?] 1. [Brit. Slang] a) a donkey b) a stupid fellow 2. Austral. an inferior horse; nag …
105gobbin — GOBSLOTCH, a greedy clownish person. N. A stupid fellow ; rather a driveller. Called also a gob thrust …
106lown — a vulgar rustic, a heavy stupid fellow. N …
107loon — a vulgar rustic, a heavy stupid fellow. N …
108clodpate — ˈklädˌpāt noun ( s) Etymology: clod (I) (lump) + pate : blockhead 2 * * * clodˈpoll, clodˈpole or clodˈpate …
109coof — ˈküf noun ( s) Etymology: perhaps alteration of goff chiefly Scotland : a stupid fellow : dolt, lout …
110moonraker — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. chiefly Britain : a stupid fellow : simpleton 2. : moonsail …
