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ˈpuzzle-pate
[f. puzzle v. + pate1.]
One who puzzles his pate; one who is puzzle-headed.
1775T. Mortimer Ev. Man his own Broker 88 note, Two or three puzzlepates said I had too much Divinity. 1864A. Leighton Myst. Leg. Edinburgh (1886) 220 A great scheme of philosophy which attracts those puzzle-pates who are much given to the habit of ultimate thinking.
So ˈpuzzle-ˌpated a., puzzle-headed; hence ˌpuzzle-ˈpatedness.
1795G. Wakefield Reply 2nd Pt. Paine 12 This said Thomas Paine..shews himself but a puzzle-pated fellow. 1799Mrs. J. West Tale of Times II. 251 Monteith really has a very good heart, which excuses a little accidental puzzle-patedness. 1867Trollope Chron. Barset xix, He was very ignorant,—puzzle-pated as you may call it. |