Dictionary

cloud-headed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈklaʊdˌhɛdɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈklaʊdˌhɛdəd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From the phrase head in the clouds.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Having one's head in the clouds: prone to daydreaming, or thinking impractically.
   • In addition, you can stand in awe of yet another book, that despite being written by men, depicts women as cerebral creatures with slim builds and Barsoomian breasts instead of the typical cloud-headed, cassava-chested cranks of carnage. 1997 June 3, Rayctate, “{REVIEW} PICK OF THE BROWN BAG: May 28, 1997”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet), message-ID <19970603030600.XAA03336@ladder02.news.aol.com>:
   • If I had the time and money I would counter-sue those cloud-head advocates for violating my rights of safety, harassment, and passage. Railroad stations are not homeless shelters. / The cloud-headed advocates don't even ride the trains, and their organizations are funded by rich people who don't ride either. 2007 April 23, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com, “Re: Grand Central Terminal open all night?”, in misc.transport.rail.americas (Usenet), message-ID <1177336223.537602.301600@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>:
   • And in the cloud-headed days that followed, he struggled to make sense of this. Perhaps he was dreaming. 1999, Darren Gluckman, The Weight of the World and Other Stories, Toronto, Ont.: Exile Editions, →ISBN, page 56:
   • […] but when they tell ya to get "your tough skin on" before you enter, they may be thinking of a wet suit, 'cause it's a "down 'n' dirty" "dive"; are the "cloud-headed waiters" suffering from oxygen deprivation? 2002, Betsy Andrews, editor, 2002/03: Philadelphia Restaurants: […], New York, N.Y.: Zagat Survey, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:
   • A cloud-headed child, he likes rainbows and reading. 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, “Michael”, in Pulphead: Essays, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 110:

Forms

Relateds

on cloud nine · cloudland

Synonyms

daydreamy

Translations (2)

eo revema (having one's head in the clouds) · pl z głową w chmurach (having one's head in the clouds)