eggheaded

[ eg-hed-id ]

adjective

, Slang: Usually Disparaging.

1. of or befitting an egghead.

Other Words From

• eggheaded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of eggheaded¹

First recorded in 1915–20; egghead + -ed ³

Example Sentences

But you don’t win presidential races with eggheaded formulations featuring the words decidedly and esoteric.

From Slate

It remained delightfully eggheaded until the Village Voice featured the colloquium as its “pick of the week” and more than 2,000 people descended on Columbia for the event.

From Los Angeles Times

Almost exactly halfway through “Utopia Avenue” there’s a scene in which a pompous eggheaded interviewer criticizes the band for being “schizophrenic,” its music a disorienting pastiche of “acid rock, folk with acid effects, R&B, folk interludes, passages of jazz.”

From New York Times

Deep warmth courses through even the most eggheaded appraisal.

From New York Times

“It takes great technical and historical knowledge to pull off this feat. Bedford obviously has both. For example, his shadow-drenched ‘Humpty Dumpty at Notre Dame,’ in which an eggheaded statue replaces the usual brooding gargoyle, caricatures Charles Nègre’s seminal 1850s series on the architectural details of Notre Dame.”

From Washington Post

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