jolter-headed, a.
(ˈdʒəʊltərˌhɛdɪd)
Also dial. cholter-.
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
= jolt-headed.
| 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. xxvi. 111 Half-a-dozen jolter-headed crop-eared boys. 1765 Treat. Dom. Pigeons 69 The Dutch tumbler is..larger, often feather-leg'd, and more joulter-headed. 1821 Scott Kenilw. xxvii, How didst thou come off with yonder jolter-headed giant? 1876 Whitby Gloss., Cholter-headed, stultified, heavy headed. |
Hence ˌjolterˈheadedness.
| 1852 Dickens Lett., to W. Collins Dec. I. 294 The jolter⁓headedness of the conceited idiots who suppose that volumes are to be tossed off like pancakes. |