English

fuzznut

Compound of fuzz (“befuddlement”) + nut (“head”).

A compound of fuzz ‘befuddlement’ + nut ‘head’

Proto-Italic *knuks

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Proto-Germanic *hnuts

Proto-West Germanic *hnut

Old English hnutu

Middle English note

English nut

Today it means

noun A foolish person; a despised person.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.