"cittern-head" meaning in All languages combined

See cittern-head on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cittern-heads [plural]
Etymology: So called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cittern-head (plural cittern-heads)
  1. (obsolete) A blockhead; a dunce. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: citternhead
    Sense id: en-cittern-head-en-noun-C3X~j71c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Shall brainless cittern-heads, each jobbernoul, / Pocket the very genius of thy soul?",
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        "A blockhead; a dunce."
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