ALL meanings of egghead
egg·head
E e - noun egghead A person who is highly academic or studious; an intellectual. 1
- noun egghead an intellectual. 1
- noun egghead This term is usually used with disparaging intent, implying that an intellectual is out-of-touch with ordinary people. Though first used by journalists to insult editorial writers, egghead was popularized as an epithet of Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate. 1
- noun egghead clever or studious person 1
- countable noun egghead If you think someone is more interested in ideas and theories than in practical actions you can say they are an egghead. 0
- noun egghead an intellectual; highbrow 0
- noun egghead a person whose profile on a social networking site contains the set graphic provided by the site rather than a personal picture 0
- noun egghead an intellectual 0