asshead

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Meaning · English

An idiotic or undesirable person.

Register: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

But some will say, our curate is naught, an asshead, a dodipole, a lack-latin, and can do nothing: Shall I pay him my tithes, tha

Quoted attestation: 1550, Hugh Latimer, A Sermon preached at Stamford, 9 October, 1550, in The Sermons and Life of Hugh Latimer, edited by John Watkins, London: Aylott & Son, Vol. I, p. 288,

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “asshead” mean?

An idiotic or undesirable person.

Is “asshead” formal or informal?

asshead is generally derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar.