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-headedly adverb
• weak-headedness noun

Etymology

Origin of weak-headed

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

I’ve seen this kind of weak-headed apologia over and over on the Internet.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2021

All this was clear enough to Mr. James, but not so clear to his weak-headed and prejudiced wife.

From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous

Many weak-headed country-gentlemen were led astray by his persuasions, and the result was as already stated.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Mackay, Charles

He was weak-headed, and forged ideas out of nothing at all.

From The Widow Lerouge by Gaboriau, Émile

And instead of a king, we have this Osbiorn,—all men know him, greedy and false and weak-headed.

From Hereward, the Last of the English by Kingsley, Charles