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egghead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
• /ˈɛɡˌhɛd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From egg + head.

Meanings

1. (derogatory) A bald person, especially a man.
   • His own image as a bald man - egghead - with glasses aids this perception. 2005, Clare O'Farrell, Michel Foucault, page 1:
   • Contemporaries remembered him, for instance, as an egghead, bald as a billiard ball, and an “obese Napoleon." 2018, Balázs Apor, The Invisible Shining: The Cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956, page 52:
   • Then no one will know whether you are a genuine egghead or not. Besides, completely bald men are more sensual. 1993, Richard Sandomir, The Joy of Baldness: Men with less hair — and the women who love them, page 164:
2. A bald head.
   • At one point he even lifts his cap to reveal an egghead bald-cap atop white hair and spectacles. 2002, Robert Ross, The Complete Terry Thomas, page 87:
   • Many shave their entire head at the first sign of hair loss, believing that chicks prefer an egghead to a comb-over. 2010, Jena Pincott, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?:, page 81:
   • But at the top of the "egghead", the blood vessels become pinched and the flow is blocked. 1962, The Pakistan Review - Volume 10, page Page 43:
   • His shoulders were so misshapen they almost met over his sunken chest and they were topped by a pointy egghead, bald but for a few short sproutings of hair. 2015, Christopher Rush, Penelope's Web:
3. (derogatory) An intellectual, especially one who is insensitive, pedantic, or out of touch.
   • Just because some of you eggheads spend half your life in college don't mean you've got any monopoly on good common sense. 1963, Guy McCord [pseudonym; Mack Reynolds], The Common Man:

Forms

Deriveds

eggheadery

Relateds

wonk

Synonyms

poindexter · brainiac · brain · smart cookie · supernerd · bright spark · geek · brainiac · boffin · boffin · propeller head · shrewd article · nerd · Poindexter · egghead · whiz

Translations (23)

de Eierkopf (pejorative: intellectual) · it testa d'uovo (pejorative: intellectual) · pl jajogłowy (pejorative: intellectual) · fi pulipää (pejorative: bald person) · de Fliegenbeinzähler (pejorative: intellectual) · es cerebrín (pejorative: intellectual) · es lumbrera (pejorative: intellectual) · pl łysol (pejorative: bald person) · uk яйцеголовий (pejorative: intellectual) · fi valopää (pejorative: intellectual) · it secchione (pejorative: intellectual) · it zucca pelata (pejorative: bald person) · es luminaria (pejorative: intellectual) · es pitagorín (pejorative: intellectual) · fr crâne d'œuf (pejorative: bald person) · ru яйцеголо́вый (pejorative: intellectual) · fr intello (pejorative: intellectual) · el διανοούμενος (pejorative: intellectual) · bn টেঁকো, টাঁক, টাঁকমাথা (pejorative: bald person) · cmn 書呆子 /书呆子 (pejorative: intellectual) · es cerebrito (pejorative: intellectual) · bn আঁতেল (pejorative: intellectual) · nb egghode (pejorative: intellectual)