muddle-headedadj.

Brit.

/ˌmʌdlˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈmədəlˌ(h)ɛdəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: muddle v., headed adj.

Etymology: < muddle v. + headed adj. Compare later muddlehead n.

Confused or disorganized in one's mind or thoughts; resulting from muddled thinking, illogical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective]

redelessOE

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muddy?1571

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wifty1918

woozy1941

spastic1981

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. ii. 10 Such a confused, pudding-headed, muddle-headed fellow.

1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. x. 237 All the materials for making people drunk, or muddle headed, are much cheaper here than in England.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 187 Muddle-headed craft and elaborate silliness.

1886 Peterson's Mag. Apr. 347/1 His muddleheaded old wife had chosen to act as administratrix.

1951 H. Kenner Poetry E. Pound viii. 66 It is easy to see why the objective correlative..should seem in such eyes impossibly muddle-headed.

1981 P. Lomas Case for Personal Psychotherapy vi. 88 There certainly exist those who take delight in presenting themselves as unpredictable, muddle-headed, or gnomic.

1995 Denver Post 9 Apr. e12/4 Veterans' organizations and others made an unruly protest at the Smithsonian Institution's muddle-headed reinterpretation of the use of the first atomic bomb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muddle-headed
释义	muddle-headedadj. Brit. /ˌmʌdlˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmədəlˌ(h)ɛdəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: muddle v., headed adj. Etymology: < muddle v. + headed adj. Compare later muddlehead n. Confused or disorganized in one's mind or thoughts; resulting from muddled thinking, illogical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective] redelessOE mopishc1300 tottedc1500 addle1534 muddy?1571 addle1576 foggya1591 foggy-brained1594 addled1599 addle-headed1600 bezzled1604 addle-pated1614 addle-brained1619 buzzle-headeda1644 puzzle-headed1729 puzzle-pated1736 muddle-headed1760 ramble-headeda1761 hulver-headed1785 ramfeezled1786 muddled1790 hoddy-doddya1798 muzzy-headed1798 bother-headed1820 muddle-pated1823 pixilated1848 woolly1864 bungle-headed1865 mixed1880 muddlesome1887 wifty1918 woozy1941 spastic1981 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. ii. 10 Such a confused, pudding-headed, muddle-headed fellow. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. x. 237 All the materials for making people drunk, or muddle headed, are much cheaper here than in England. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 187 Muddle-headed craft and elaborate silliness. 1886 Peterson's Mag. Apr. 347/1 His muddleheaded old wife had chosen to act as administratrix. 1951 H. Kenner Poetry E. Pound viii. 66 It is easy to see why the objective correlative..should seem in such eyes impossibly muddle-headed. 1981 P. Lomas Case for Personal Psychotherapy vi. 88 There certainly exist those who take delight in presenting themselves as unpredictable, muddle-headed, or gnomic. 1995 Denver Post 9 Apr. e12/4 Veterans' organizations and others made an unruly protest at the Smithsonian Institution's muddle-headed reinterpretation of the use of the first atomic bomb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1760
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