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ˈmuddle-ˌheaded, a.
[f. muddle n. (not found in our quots. before 19th c.) or muddle v.]
Having a muddled head; characteristic of one with a muddled head; stupid, confused.
1759Sterne Tr. Shandy II. ii, Such a confused, pudding-headed, muddle-headed fellow. 1817–18Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1822) 189 All the materials for making people drunk, or muddle headed, are much cheaper here than in England. 1871Kingsley At Last xiii, Muddle-headed craft and elaborate silliness. 1887A. Birrell C. Brontë x. 117 The public, muddle-headed at the best of times [etc.].
Hence muddleˈheadedness.
1862Sat. Rev. 6 Sept. 274 That sort of utter muddle-headedness which disqualifies a man for reasoning equally with pure ignorance. 1884Skeat in N. & Q. 12 Jan. 32/2 Such is the muddle-headedness of modern English spelling. 1972N.Y. Rev. Bks. 30 Jan. 38/3, I charge them both with muddle-headedness for their own views on this subject. |