eggheaded
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- eggheadedness noun
Etymology
Origin of eggheaded
Example Sentences
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It remained delightfully eggheaded until the Village Voice featured the colloquium as its “pick of the week” and more than 2,000 people descended on Columbia for the event.
From Los Angeles Times
Almost exactly halfway through “Utopia Avenue” there’s a scene in which a pompous eggheaded interviewer criticizes the band for being “schizophrenic,” its music a disorienting pastiche of “acid rock, folk with acid effects, R&B, folk interludes, passages of jazz.”
From New York Times
Deep warmth courses through even the most eggheaded appraisal.
From New York Times
“It takes great technical and historical knowledge to pull off this feat. Bedford obviously has both. For example, his shadow-drenched ‘Humpty Dumpty at Notre Dame,’ in which an eggheaded statue replaces the usual brooding gargoyle, caricatures Charles Nègre’s seminal 1850s series on the architectural details of Notre Dame.”
From Washington Post
Dawn Darcy, played by Hall, is an expert trader; Andrew Rannells plays an eggheaded Wall Street newcomer.
From New York Times
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