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wrong-headed, a.
(stress variable)
Also wrongheaded.
[f. wrong a.: cf. wronghead n. and a.]
1. Having a perverse judgement or intellect; persistent or obstinate in erroneous opinion; perversely or obstinately wrong.
In frequent use from c 1750.
1732Berkeley Alciphr. vi. §26 The pious fraud of some wrong-headed Christian. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. xxi, The characters of these wrong-headed enthusiasts. 1809Malkin Gil Blas vi. i. ⁋5 The most wrong-headed retail dealer in the town. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xx, There's no reason she should die or live miserably because you are wrong-headed. 1883Daily Tel. 10 Nov. 5/1 The furious zeal of wrong-headed bigots.
2. Marked or characterized by perversity of judgement.
1735Berkeley Querist §436 So long as we entertain a wrongheaded distrust of England. 1753J. Collier Art Torment. i. iv, The wrong-headed anger of her master. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. iv. i. (1861) 116 Carts that went before the horses; weather-cocks that turned against the wind; and other wrong-headed contrivances. 1838Dickens O. Twist xviii, Wrong-headed and treacherous behaviour. 1912Times 19 Oct. 5/3 Had her Southern Slav policy been less persistently wrong-headed.
Hence wrong-ˈheadedly adv.
1737Hervey's Mem. (1848) II. 398 [He] insisted, very wrongheadedly, that he would have his directions in writing. a1776Johnson in Boswell Life (1904) I. 30 [The headmaster] was very severe, and wrongheadedly severe. 1866Athenæum 31 Mar. 427/3 The man..would act very wrongheadedly. 1906Daily Chron. 23 Aug. 3/1 This was to make, wrong⁓headedly, a toil of pleasure. |