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单词 doctorhead
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doctorheadn.

Forms: see doctor n. and -head suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: doctor n., -head suffix.
Etymology: < doctor n. + -head suffix. Compare doctorship n., doctorhood n.
Obsolete. rare.
With possessive adjective (as your doctorhead, his doctorhead, etc.): a (mock) title of respect given to a doctor. Cf. doctorhood n. 1.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [noun] > status of a scholar
doctorhead?1531
doctorhood?1591
doctorshipc1608
scholarity1616
?1531 R. Barnes Supplic. Kinge Henrye VIII f. cxxxvi Thinketh your doctorhed yt ye childern of Israel..coulde nott haue made..excuse.
1696 W. Nicolson Let. 3 Sept. in Lett. Eminent Men (1832) I. 253 I..had been a little unworthily treated by his Doctorhead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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