† puzzle-paten.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: puzzle v., pate n.¹

Etymology: < puzzle v. + pate n.¹, probably after puzzle-pated adj. Compare later puzzle-head n. Compare also earlier puzzle-headed adj.Compare the following earlier instances of the word in use as a depreciative nickname:1696 T. Dogget Country Wake 44 Oh, you speak partiously Neighbour Puzzlepate—not deserve to be buried! I say he deserves to be buried alive.1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 20 They said..Doctor Puzzlepate [was] an Old Put, and my self..an Old Prigg.

Obsolete.

A puzzle-headed person; a person confused in his or her mind or ideas.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun]

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1761 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker (ed. 2) 80 Two or three puzzlepates said—I had too much Divinity.

1864 A. Leighton Myst. Legends Edinb. (1886) 220 A great scheme of philosophy which attracts those puzzle-pates who are much given to the habit of ultimate thinking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	puzzle-pate
释义	† puzzle-paten. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: puzzle v., pate n.¹ Etymology: < puzzle v. + pate n.¹, probably after puzzle-pated adj. Compare later puzzle-head n. Compare also earlier puzzle-headed adj.Compare the following earlier instances of the word in use as a depreciative nickname:1696 T. Dogget Country Wake 44 Oh, you speak partiously Neighbour Puzzlepate—not deserve to be buried! I say he deserves to be buried alive.1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 20 They said..Doctor Puzzlepate [was] an Old Put, and my self..an Old Prigg. Obsolete. A puzzle-headed person; a person confused in his or her mind or ideas. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun] mafflardc1450 juffler15.. dromedary1567 madbrain1570 batie buma1586 addle-head1592 blunderkin1596 nit1598 addle-pate1601 hash1655 blunderbuss1692 blunderhead1692 shaffles1703 fog-pate1732 blunderer1741 puzzle-pate1761 slouch1767 étourdi1768 botch1769 puddle1782 bumble1789 scatter-brain1790 addle-brain1799 puzzle-head1815 shaffler1828 chowderhead1833 muddlehead1833 muddler1833 flounderer1836 duffer1842 muddle-pate1844 plug1848 incompetent1866 schlemiel1868 dinlo1873 drumble-dore1881 hodmandod1881 dub1887 prune1895 foozler1896 bollock1916 messer1926 Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942 spaz1965 spastic1981 1761 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker (ed. 2) 80 Two or three puzzlepates said—I had too much Divinity. 1864 A. Leighton Myst. Legends Edinb. (1886) 220 A great scheme of philosophy which attracts those puzzle-pates who are much given to the habit of ultimate thinking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1761
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