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Definition of Egghead
1. Noun. An intellectual; a very studious and academic person. "In spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead"
Definition of Egghead
1. Noun. (pejorative) A bald person, especially a man. ¹
2. Noun. (pejorative) An intellectual. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Egghead
1. an intellectual [n -S] - See also: intellectual
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egghead
Literary usage of Egghead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"The company subsequently became egghead, Inc., and went public in 1988. ...
egghead closed all its physical stores in 1989 and now sells exclusively through ..."
2. Skippy Bedelle: His Sentimental Progress from the Urchin to the Complete Man by Owen Johnson (1922)
"But Miss Mimi was too busy extracting information about the Triumphant egghead (who
had countered by steadfastly devoting himself to Miss Biggs) and certain ..."
3. Lore: Capturing Traditional Environmental Knowledge by Martha Johnson (1998)
"... chicken or the egghead? In Pouillon, J., Maranda, P., éd., Echanges et
communications. Vol. II. Mouton and Co., The Hague, Netherlands, pp. 1069—1091. ..."
4. Marketing of Traffic Safety by OECD Scientific Expert Group, OECD Staff (1993)
""egghead" showed the dramatic consequences of striking an egg with a hammer with
and without a "helmet" for protection. "Hindsight" depicted a boy growing ..."
5. Ninth Day of Creationby Leonard Crane by Leonard Crane (2000)
"How on earth, he wondered, did an egghead like Kirby end up with a woman like that?
That sort of thing just didn't stand to reason. C'mon Einstein. ..."
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