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  • noun derogatory One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.

Etymologies

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shallow +‎ pate

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Examples

  • I never liked him personally, because he is a shallowpate, with a little nose stuck up in the air like a puffed-up weasel of Parnassus. "vitriol

    orbis quintus 2009

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