单词 | egghead |
释义 | eggheadn. colloquial (originally U.S.). An intellectual, a ‘highbrow’. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] > intellectual person illuminate1602 intellectualist1605 intelligence1648 intellectual1652 aerialist1778 intellect1842 intellectuality1863 cerebralist1890 highbrow1898 longhair1920 egghead1952 boffin1954 boff1984 1907 O. Johnson in Sat. Evening Post 16 Nov. 9/1 His genius lived in the nicknames of the Egghead,..Morning Glory, [etc.]. c1918 C. Sandburg Let. (deposited in Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, Ohio) Dear N. D...‘Egg heads’ is the slang here for editorial writers. 1952 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 27 Sept. 10/3 A good many intelligent people..obviously admired Stevenson. ‘Sure,’ was the reply, ‘all the egg heads love Stevenson.’ 1952 N.Y. Times 19 Oct. E1/7 Writers of letters to editors tend to be in the intellectual or ‘egg~head’ category where Stevenson sentiment is strong. 1953 R. Chandler Long Good-bye xlvii. 289 I told him I didn't think it would do Springer any harm. ‘Only with the eggheads.’ 1954 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. Mr. Stevenson..said..‘Eggheads of the world, unite—you have nothing to lose but your yolks.’ ‘Eggheads’ is a derogatory description for intellectuals in America. 1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 2/3 I fear that, while publicly unspoken, anti-intellectualism and suspicion of ‘eggheads’ may have been a factor. 1957 Listener 2 May 725/2 A former American ambassador to India and one of the Democratic Party's leading egg-heads. 1960 Listener 13 Oct. 627/1 This autumn six British firms are trying out one special kind of paper-back—the ‘egghead’ or quality or highbrow paper-back. 1965 Spectator 22 Jan. 98/1 Not all American egg-heads are equally self satisfied about the standard of their own criticism. Derivatives eggheadish adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [adjective] intellectual1732 bluestocking1832 long-haired1842 intellectualist1857 high-browed1876 highbrow1884 intellectualistic1887 minority1930 egg-headed1957 eggheadish1963 1963 Times 25 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. xiv/4 Often excessively eggheadish in their choice of material, these little dramatic islands have still proved [etc.]. eggheadery n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] > intellectual matters > devotion to intellectualism1800 bluestockingism1812 blue1824 cerebralism1881 eggheadism1956 egg-headedness1959 eggheadery1962 1962 Punch 30 May 827/1 The theatre (alas for would-be eggheadery) is nowadays scarcely noticed at all. 1963 New Society 26 Sept. 4/1 There is a reaction against eggheadery in America. eggheadism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] > intellectual matters > devotion to intellectualism1800 bluestockingism1812 blue1824 cerebralism1881 eggheadism1956 egg-headedness1959 eggheadery1962 1956 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Sept. 68/3 People said it was ‘eggheadism’ or ‘moderation’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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