"weedhead" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-weedhead.ogg [Australia] Forms: weedheads [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed English -head English weedhead From weed (“marijuana”) + -head. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|weed<t:marijuana>|-head<id:head>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed English -head English weedhead [marijuana]]", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*weud", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "wēod", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "weed", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "weed", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "head", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-head", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "weedhead", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="weedhead"> From weed (“marijuana”) + -head. Head templates: {{en-noun}} weedhead (plural weedheads)
  1. (derogatory, slang) A person who smokes cannabis regularly, or to excess. Tags: derogatory, slang Synonyms: pothead, stoner Translations (a person who smokes cannabis regularly): pilvenpolttaja (Finnish), maconheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), травоку́р (travokúr) [masculine] (Russian), планоку́р (planokúr) [masculine] (Russian), marihuano [masculine] (Spanish)

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