bullheadedadj.
/ˈbʊlˌhɛdɪd/ Having a massive head, broadheaded; figurative blindly impetuous, blockheaded.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless
recklesseOE
redmodOE
unreckless?c1225
hastivec1300
racklec1300
testyc1374
rabbisha1387
temeraryc1410
temerous1461
rash1509
temerarious1532
hare-brained1548
temerarec1550
hare-brain1566
hot-spurred1573
overrash1577
hotspur1586
madcap1591
wretchless1598
Phaetontic1608
zeal-blind1615
Phaetontal1617
unresponsable1619
Phaetontical1630
phaetonicala1640
Phaetonic1708
hell-bent1731
harum-scarum1751
unresponsible1764
suicidal1768
rumgumptious1781
shy1787
devil-may-care1799
bullheaded1818
devil-may-carish1825
temeritous1892
kamikaze1952
the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [adjective] > thickened at end > at top
broad-headed1530
thick-headed1707
bullheaded1881
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 141 They..flourish wi' their bull-headed obstinacy.
1843 P. Leigh Jack the Giant Killer 7 This beef-eating, bull-headed, ‘son-of-a-gun’.
1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 42 See that the pivots are..neither bull headed nor taper.
Derivatives
ˌbullˈheadedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness
recklessnessOE
resec1275
outragea1387
rechelesshipc1390
wantonnessc1390
hastivessa1393
recklesslaika1400
racklenessc1405
recklessheadc1410
headiness1447
temerity?a1475
lavishness1477
hastivitya1500
rashnessa1500
Ate1587
temerousness1598
temeritude1623
wretchlessness1625
hare-brainedness1656
rantum-scantum1695
temerariousness1711
blindness1796
devil-may-carishness1829
devil-may-careness1834
devil-may-care1836
rattle-brain1838
devil-may-careism1841
bullheadedness1858
harum-scarumness1863
madcappery1905
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. viii. 465 Rough and stiff as natural bullheadedness helped by Prussian pipeclay can make it.
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