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English
Adjective
beetle-headed (comparative more beetle-headed, superlative most beetle-headed)
- (obsolete) Mentally dull; stupid.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :A whoreson, beetle-headed, flap-ear’d knave!
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