wild-headed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In other words, the besetting temptations of many men who are set as defenders of the truth in religion, as well as in other matters, is to be wild-headed, inconsiderate, self-conceited, and intolerably arrogant.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander
"My son, an it please your Majesty, so far as he is concerned, shall not direct my doings," said the earl, "nor any wild-headed young man of them all."
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
The leading young man of this comedy now under notice is represented as "a wild-headed gentleman," and revealed as an abject ruffian of unredeemed and irredeemable rascality.
From The Age of Shakespeare by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Here's that wild-headed Monty took an' scampered off just as I was takin' this batch of punkin pies out the oven.
From The Brass Bound Box by Horne, Diantha W.
He was a gray, wild-headed animal, made of spring steel.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow
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