cittern-headed
rare (archaic in later use)
adjective
That has a head like that of a cittern, specifically in grotesqueness of appearance or lack of intelligence; also more generally as a term of abuse.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Ford (bap. 1586, d. a1653), playwright.
- alkali flat
- alkalify
- alkalifying
- alkaligen
- alkaligene
- alkaligenous
- alkali metal
- alkalimeter
- alkalimetric
- alkalimetrically
- alkalimetry
- alkaline
- alkaline air
- alkaline battery
- alkaline cell
- alkaline earth
- alkaline earth metal
- alkaline metal
- alkaline phosphatase
- alkalinity
- alkalinization
- alkalinous
- alkali salt
- alkalise
- alkali soil