Blunderhead

/ˈblʌndərhed/ noun

A foolish or stupid person; someone prone to making blunders and poor decisions.

Compound word from 'blunder' plus 'head,' using 'head' as a suffix meaning a person or mind (as in 'hothead' or 'blockhead'). This pattern is old in English, with 'head' originally meaning the actual head, then extended to the mind.

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