weak-headed

American  

[week-hed-id] / ˈwikˈhɛd ɪd /

adjective

1. easily intoxicated by alcoholic beverages.

2. prone to dizziness or giddiness.

3. weak-minded.

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Other Word Forms

• weak-headedly adverb
• weak-headedness noun

Etymology

Origin of weak-headed

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

I’ve seen this kind of weak-headed apologia over and over on the Internet.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2021

She grows old, and weak-headed, and she traffics over-much with sorceries.'

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack

Had she not far better have been like the others--petulant, wilful, capricious, covetous of admiration, careless of affection, weak-headed, shallow-hearted, and desirous only of that which could not possibly be her own?

From M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by Whyte-Melville, G.J.

If you wish to become weak-headed, nervous, and good for nothing, read novels.

From The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies by Lady, An American

As the hopes of a Parliament grew fainter, and men despaired of any legal remedy, violent and weak-headed fanatics came, as at such times they always come, to the front.

From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by Green, John Richard