hothead

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hothead

A person with an excitable, fiery, or impetuous temper or disposition; one who is quick to get angry or act rashly. That lady in the car behind me is a real hothead, honking and shouting at me every time I slow down! He turns into a bit of a hothead when he is drinking, always looking to get into a fight with someone.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kalle	KAHL-le (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish
Mithridates	-	Ancient Persian (Hellenized)
Panayiotis	-	Greek
Artur	ər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech
Iucunda	-	Late Roman
MariËTte	-	Dutch