"solid, slow-witted person," 1867, American English colloquial, shortened from lunkhead (1852), which is possibly an altered form of lump (n.) + head (n.)
lunette
lung
lunge
lung-fish
luni-
lunk
Lupercalia
lupin
lupine
lupus
lurch
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