weak-headed

[ week-hed-id ]

/ ˈwikˈhɛd ɪd /

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adjective

easily intoxicated by alcoholic beverages.

prone to dizziness or giddiness.

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Origin of weak-headed

First recorded in 1645–55

weak-head·ed·ly, adverbweak-head·ed·ness, noun

Here she is in June saying “Trans politics and feminism have never been headed to the same place.”
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Starting under Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft, embassies headed by career diplomats increased in number.
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They even released a (pretty damn weak) hip-hop song on SoundCloud recounting their antics.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rodriguez now headed home to his kids, as did thousands of other police parents.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He headed west in 1860 for health reasons and to join the gold rush in Colorado.
My Love Letter to the Stetson|Mark McKinnon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First Impressions are usually vivid but the power to revive them is weak—a poor memory.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
First Impressions are usually weak but the power to revive them is strong—still a poor memory.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
But he forgot the stagnant town, the bald-headed man at the club window, the organ and "The Manola."
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
But the nasty part of the whole thing was, that Haggard had won eleven thousand pounds from a weak-headed boy.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne