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761 Etymology dictionary, p. gormless (adj.).2
c. 1746, also in early use gaumless, gawmless, "wanting sense, stupid," a British dialectal word, from gome "notice, understanding" (c. 1200), from Old Norse gaumr "care, heed" (of unknown origin); + -less .
762 Etymology dictionary, p. gross (adj.).3
… ( gross stupidity, etc.).
763 Etymology dictionary, p. half-hearted (adj.).2
also halfhearted, "showing little enthusiasm," early 15c.; see half + -hearted. Related: halfheartedly; halfheartedness. English in 17c. had also half-headed "stupid."
764 Etymology dictionary, p. hard-headed (adj.).2
also hardheaded, 1580s, "stubborn," from hardhead "dull person" (1510s), from hard (adj.) + -headed. Meaning "practical, shrewd" is attested from 1779. Compare Dutch hardhoofdig "stupid."
765 Etymology dictionary, p. hebetude (n.).2
1620s, from Latin hebetudo, noun of quality from hebes "blunt, dull," figuratively "sluggish; stupid," a word of unknown origin. Related: Hebetudinous .
766 Etymology dictionary, p. jackass (n.).2
"male ass," 1727, from jack (n.) + ass (n.1). Contemptuous meaning "stupid person" is attested by 1784 (Ignatius Sancho). Related: Jackassism (1837, American English); jackassery (1833).
767 Etymology dictionary, p. jellybean (n.).2
"small bean-shaped sugar candy with a firm shell and a thick gel interior," 1905, from jelly (n.) + bean (n.). So called for its shape. Soon used in U.S. slang for "stupid person," probably encouraged by the slang sense of bean as "head."
768 Etymology dictionary, p. jobbard (n.).2
"fool, stupid man," mid-15c., jobard, probably from French jobard (but this is not attested before 16c.), from jobe "silly." Earlier jobet (c. 1300).
769 Etymology dictionary, p. jolt (v.).2
… big, stupid head" (1530s). Intransitive sense from 1703. Figurative sense of "to startle, surprise" is from 1872. Related: Jolted; jolting .
770 Etymology dictionary, p. jolt-head (n.).2
"a stupid head," 1530s; later also "a big, clumsy, stupid person." The origin and signification of jolt here is unknown.
771 Etymology dictionary, p. jughead (n.).2
"klutz, stupid person," 1926, from jug (n.) + head (n.).
772 Etymology dictionary, p. Karen (2).3
… or stupidity, and exploded in popularity 2018, with more emphasis on the racism and privilege. Its use as rhetorical shorthand probably was encouraged, if …
773 Etymology dictionary, p. kind (n.).4
… of stupid "a kind of stupid (person), (one) not far from stupidity." However "good usage" once condemned as inaccurate the use as an adjective as in our kind of people …
774 Etymology dictionary, p. knothead (n.).2
"stupid person," by 1899, American English, from knot (n.) + head (n.). Joe Knothead is the name of a character in an 1857 blackface satire publication. And a local history …
775 Etymology dictionary, p. knucklehead (n.).2
also knuckle-head, "stupid person," 1890, American English, from knuckle (n.) + head (n.).
776 Etymology dictionary, p. knucklehead (n.).3
From 1869 as the name of a part in a type of mechanical coupling device. Popularized in the "stupid person" sense from 1942, from character R.F. Knucklehead, star of "Don't" posters hung up at U.S. Army Air Force training fields.
777 Etymology dictionary, p. lame-brain (n.).2
"stupid person," 1921, from lame (adj.) + brain (n.).
778 Etymology dictionary, p. loggerhead (n.).2
1580s, "stupid person, blockhead, dunce, numbskull," perhaps from dialectal logger "heavy block of wood" + head (n.). Later it meant a type of thick-headed iron tool (1680s …
779 Etymology dictionary, p. loon (n.2).2
mid-15c., lowen, louen "rascal, worthless person, boor," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; compare Dutch loen "stupid person" (16c.). The modern sense "crazy person" is by influence of loony .
780 Etymology dictionary, p. lounge (v.).3
… idle, stupid dreamer," a special application, for some obscure reason, in Old French of the proper name Longis, which is from Latin Longius, Longinus. In old mystery …