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English
Adjective
loggerheaded (comparative more loggerheaded, superlative most loggerheaded)
- dull; 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, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! / You logger-headed and unpolish'd grooms!
1653-1693, Thomas Urquhart, The Works of Rabelais:a great loggerheaded booby
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References
“loggerheaded”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.