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Hothead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who becomes angry easily or goes in search of arguments or fights. derogatory

    "The club was full of eager young hotheads who never seemed to be able to agree on anything."

  2. 2
    a reckless impetuous irresponsible person wordnet
  3. 3
    One who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first.

    "Someone get this hothead out of here before he does some damage."

  4. 4
    a belligerent grouch wordnet

Etymology

From hot + head. Compare English hotbrain (“a hothead”); Middle English hot-heorte, hat-heorte (“anger”), Old English hātheort (“furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent”, literally “hot-heart”).

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