weak-headed
[week-hed-id]
- easily intoxicated by alcoholic beverages.
- prone to dizziness or giddiness.
- weak-minded.
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Origin of weak-headed
First recorded in 1645–55
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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.
Maiwa's RevengeH. Rider Haggard
What if he joined the conspiracy to marry him to this weak-eyed, weak-headed wood-nymph, or backwoods nymph?
The Hoosier SchoolmasterEdward Eggleston
It may mean, that not being a strong-headed man, he necessarily belonged to the other category, and was a weak-headed man.
Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2)A Sexton of the Old School
"You must be in the fashion," is the utterance of weak-headed mortals.
Mr. Welwyn was as ridiculously prejudiced as most weak-headed Englishmen are, on the subject of foreigners in general.
After DarkWilkie Collins