pinheaded

[pin-hed-id]

adjective

stupid or foolish.

Origin of pinheaded

First recorded in 1860–65; pin + headed

Related formspin·head·ed·ness, noun

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Historical Examples of pinheaded

There was no want among them of pinheading and pinheaded martinets.
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Hugh Miller
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

adjective

informal stupid or silly

Derived Formspinheadedness, noun

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