HOTHEAD

daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum

(noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

hothead, fire-eater

(noun) a belligerent grouch

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hothead (plural hotheads)

(pejorative) One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.

One who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first

Source: Wiktionary


Hot"-head`, n.

Definition: A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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