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

Etymology

Origin of weak-headed

First recorded in 1645–55

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

All the time that these smiling villains were by consummate art drawing their weak-headed victim into their tolls, what was August doing?

From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward

Had she not far better have been like the others--petulant, wilful, capricious, covetous of admiration, careless of affection, weak-headed, shallow-hearted, and desirous only of that which could not possibly be her own?

From M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by Whyte-Melville, G.J.

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 Haggard, Henry Rider

Trust not thy secret to a confidant, for he too will have his associates and friends; and it will spread abroad through the whole city, and men will call thee weak-headed.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander