pointy-headed
Americanadjective
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stupid; idiotic.
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intellectual, especially in a self-important or impractical way.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pointy-headed
An Americanism dating back to 1970–75
Example Sentences
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This was especially true after single-camera half-hours seized all the critical attention while reliable multi-cams did their thing without the benefit of pointy-headed celebration.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
To baldly paraphrase Oliver Wendell Holmes, three generations of pointy-headed lawyers is enough.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2024
Groups of book-club veterans assemble to see in person their charming heroines while more pointy-headed types take notes on yet another discussion of auto-fiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2020
Jim Crow was defeated in the courts, not at the polls — as it happens, by pointy-headed civil rights lawyers.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2017
But, as Mrs. Hughes says, enough with the pointy-headed philosophizing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2016
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