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-headedness
  noun
• weak-headedly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of weak-headed

First recorded in 1645–55

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Example Sentences

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weak-headed

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

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2021

But this is a most hollow cheat which Sir Walter Scott and other book-men have played off on some weak-headed young men of our low-minded generation.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various

This gulf beneath would be trying to the nerves of a weak-headed climber at the critical point, and so it proved in the result.

From Maiwa's Revenge by Henry Rider Haggard

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 Mark Lemon

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

From The Widow Lerouge by Émile Gaboriau

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