wild-headed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Hillars was a wild-headed fellow, and, if at liberty, was not incapable of creating a disturbance.
From Arms and the Woman by MacGrath, Harold
A pragmatical man, taken along with an inconsiderate man, and then a wild-headed man added on to them, are three about as fatal hands as any truth could fall into.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander
"My son, an it please your Majesty, so far as he is concerned, shall not direct my doings," said the earl, "nor any wild-headed young man of them all."
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
In other words, the besetting temptations of many men who are set as defenders of the truth in religion, as well as in other matters, is to be wild-headed, inconsiderate, self-conceited, and intolerably arrogant.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander
"You know him—a wild-headed fellow—a republican; a man who might be rich—but he won't have two pesetas—in his pocket—in his old age."
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances
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