pinheaded

[ pin-hed-id ]

/ ˈpɪnˌhɛd ɪd /

adjective

stupid or foolish.

Nearby words

pinger, pingo, pinguecula, pinguid, pinhead, pinheaded, pinhole, pinhole camera, pinhole pupil, piniform, pinion

Origin of pinheaded

First recorded in 1860–65; pin + headed

Related forms

pin·head·ed·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for pinheaded

There was no want among them of pinheading and pinheaded martinets.
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Me he describes as serpentilous with Gibbon-like arms, pinheaded, and so on.
The Journal of a Disappointed Man|Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

British Dictionary definitions for pinheaded

pinheaded

/ (ˈpɪnˌhɛdɪd) /

adjective

informal stupid or silly

Derived Forms

pinheadedness, noun

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