† prothodawObs.humorous nonce-wd. [f.protho-, proto- + daw n. 2 a.] A prime simpleton, a noodle of the first rank. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. V 73 That an Arche foole can⁓not forge a lye for his pleasure, but a prothodawe wyll faine a glose to mainteine his folish fantasie.