hothead

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hothead

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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”).

noun hotheads

  1. derogatory, idiomatic One who is prone to anger or who actively seeks out conflicts and confrontations. The club was full of eager young hotheads who never seemed to be able to agree on anything.
  2. derogatory, idiomatic One who reacts or responds rapidly without engaging in careful deliberation. Someone get this hothead out of here before he does some damage.

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noun one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights

DeutschHitzkopf
Italianotesta calda
Русскийгоря́чая голова́ gorjáčaja golová

noun one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first

Françaistête brûlée

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@misc{hothead_2026,
  title = {hothead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hothead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}