weak-headed

[ week-hed-id ]

adjective

1. easily intoxicated by alcoholic beverages.
2. prone to dizziness or giddiness.
3. weak-minded.

Other Words From

• weak-headed·ly adverb
• weak-headed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of weak-headed¹

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

But the nasty part of the whole thing was, that Haggard had won eleven thousand pounds from a weak-headed boy.

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Brooks is rather shy of it, but he will drink enough to stagger him, for he is pretty weak-headed.

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Mr. Welwyn was as ridiculously prejudiced as most weak-headed Englishmen are, on the subject of foreigners in general.

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"She shall proceed to Durham if I am king," answered James, with his usual weak-headed obstinacy.

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On the other hand, it energetically recruits its ranks from among the uneducated, the weak-headed, and the imbecile.

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