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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
muttonhead
 
SYLLABICATION:mut·ton·head
PRONUNCIATION:  mtn-hd
NOUN: Informal A stupid person; a fool.
ETYMOLOGY:From the proverbial stupidity of sheep.
OTHER FORMS:mutton·headed —ADJECTIVE
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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