noun
Meaning 1
A bald person, especially a man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
egghead
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈɛɡˌhɛd/
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 G HH EH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A bald head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An intellectual, especially one who is insensitive, pedantic, or out of touch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intellectual, intellect
History
Etymology
From egg + head.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: টেঁকো, টাঁক, টাঁকমাথা (ṭẽkō, ṭãk, ṭãkmatha) — pejorative: bald person
- Finnish: pulipää — pejorative: bald person
- French: crâne d'œuf — pejorative: bald person
- Italian: zucca pelata — pejorative: bald person
- Polish: łysol — pejorative: bald person
- Bengali: আঁতেল (ãtel) — pejorative: intellectual
- Chinese Mandarin: 書呆子 /书呆子 (shūdāizi) — pejorative: intellectual
- Finnish: valopää — pejorative: intellectual
- French: intello — pejorative: intellectual
- German: Eierkopf — pejorative: intellectual
- German: Fliegenbeinzähler — pejorative: intellectual
- Greek: διανοούμενος (dianooúmenos) — pejorative: intellectual
- Italian: secchione — pejorative: intellectual
- Italian: testa d'uovo — pejorative: intellectual
- Norwegian Bokmål: egghode — pejorative: intellectual
- Polish: jajogłowy — pejorative: intellectual
- Russian: яйцеголо́вый (jajcegolóvyj) — pejorative: intellectual
- Spanish: lumbrera — pejorative: intellectual
- Spanish: cerebrito — pejorative: intellectual
- Spanish: cerebrín — pejorative: intellectual
- Spanish: pitagorín — pejorative: intellectual
- Spanish: luminaria — pejorative: intellectual
- Ukrainian: яйцеголовий (jajceholovyj) — pejorative: intellectual