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puzzlehead

noun

Etymology

From puzzle + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as puzzlehead — “puzzle + head”

Definitions

  1. A puzzleheaded person, one having a mind full of confused notions.

  2. A person who enjoys solving puzzles.

    • More than fifty puzzleheads attended the crossword convention last month.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA