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

Babington is both hot and weak-headed, and I fear me is in the toils of the Scottish lady; but he would never do aught that he held as disloyal by a comrade.

From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Why will you be so weak-headed, Isaac Rice?

From Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga by Otis, James

He was weak-headed, and forged ideas out of nothing at all.

From The Widow Lerouge by Gaboriau, Émile

A wealthy but weak-headed barrister once remarked to Curran that "No one should be admitted to the Bar who had not an independent landed property."

From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark