ˈchuckle-headed, a.
[f. as prec. + -ed.]
Having a chuckle-head; block-headed.
| 1764 T. Bridges Homer Travest. (1797) II. 31 You think the rock of Troy Some chuckle-headed booby boy. 1822 Blackw. Mag. XII. 109 Many simple, chuckle-headed, open-mouthed people. 1886 G. Saintsbury in Academy 31 July 69/2 An amiable but, to tell the honest truth, rather chuckle-headed young English squire. |
Hence chuckle-headedness n.
| 1880 Mark Twain Tramp Abr. I. 123 With the native chuckleheadedness of the heroine of romance, she preferred the poor and obscure lover. 1885 Ch. Times 498/1 The chuckleheadedness..of drawing such a parallel. |