eggheadとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From egg +‎ head.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈɛɡˌhɛd/

名詞

egghead (plural eggheads)

1. (derogatory) A bald person, especially a man.
   • 1993, Richard Sandomir, The Joy of Baldness: Men with less hair — and the women who love them, page 164:

     Then no one will know whether you are a genuine egghead or not. Besides, completely bald men are more sensual.

   • 2005, Clare O'Farrell, Michel Foucault, page 1:

     His own image as a bald man - egghead - with glasses aids this perception.

   • 2018, Balázs Apor, The Invisible Shining: The Cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956, page 52:

     Contemporaries remembered him, for instance, as an egghead, bald as a billiard ball, and an “obese Napoleon."

2. A bald head.
   • 1962, The Pakistan Review - Volume 10, page Page 43:

     But at the top of the "egghead", the blood vessels become pinched and the flow is blocked.

   • 2002, Robert Ross, The Complete Terry Thomas, page 87:

     At one point he even lifts his cap to reveal an egghead bald-cap atop white hair and spectacles.

   • 2010, Jena Pincott, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?:, page 81:

     Many shave their entire head at the first sign of hair loss, believing that chicks prefer an egghead to a comb-over.

   • 2015, Christopher Rush, Penelope's Web:

     His shoulders were so misshapen they almost met over his sunken chest and they were topped by a pointy egghead, bald but for a few short sproutings of hair.

3. (derogatory) An intellectual, especially one who is insensitive, pedantic, or out of touch.
   • 1963, Guy McCord [pseudonym; Mack Reynolds], The Common Man‎:

     Just because some of you eggheads spend half your life in college don't mean you've got any monopoly on good common sense.

同意語

• boffin
• brain

派生語

参考

• wonk