pointy-headn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪntɪˌhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪn(t)iˌ(h)ɛd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pointy adj., head n.¹

Etymology: < pointy adj. + head n.¹

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. n.

1. depreciative. A person with mental retardation; a stupid person, a moron.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > type of > person

idiot born1558

cretin1775

cretinist1839

Mongol1896

moron1910

pointy-head1946

Mongoloid1949

1946 Nashua (New Hampsh.) Tel. 16 Dec. 11/1 ‘What is it—a cat?’ I asked. ‘Nope,’ he said.., ‘a Zip.’..I saw a little pin-headed freak... Those pygmies with heads like inverted ice cream cones used to be popular sideshow attractions... I suggested he get rid of the pointy-head.

1963 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Jan. 6/2 You'll find him among the intellectuals and you'll find him with the pointy-heads.

1973 J. Di Mona Last Man at Arlington (1974) 178 Idiots... Pointy heads that didn't know how to operate.

2. A supposed expert or intellectual, esp. one who is out of touch with practical matters.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of > one who has or claims

polyhistor1588

omniscian1593

walking dictionary1609

polymathist1621

polymath1624

callent1637

polyhistorian1669

at-all1672

omniscient1710

universalist1713

dictionary1734

know-all1800

Crichton1807

pantologist1840

pansophist1864

encyclopaedist1871

know-it-all1873

omniscientist1932

pointy-head1969

1969 Playboy Dec. 230 There are pointy-heads who prefer Joseph Conrad or William Faulkner.

1972 Times 5 May 6/3 Mr Wallace..dismissed it quickly at the end of his address as ‘the most callous, asinine, stupid thing that was ever conceived by some pointy-head in Washington DC’.

1990 W. Sheed Ess. in Disguise ii. xi. 151 Nixon was simply taking a last swipe at the pointy heads by sneering, like a school kid, at their prissy accents.

1993 R. Limbaugh See, I told you So xi. 133 You have to assume that fuzzy-headed academicians, the sandal-clad theoreticians, and the nearsighted pointy-heads in this administration have never held jobs in the real world.

2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 Feb. 68/2 People, in short, do not behave like the pointy heads say they should.

B. adj. (attributive).

(a) Stupid, idiotic. (b) That is a pointy-head; having pretensions to superior expertise but without practical sense. (c) Technically or academically sophisticated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] > of persons

universal1485

all-knowing1507

omniscious1588

pancratic1645

know-all1708

omniscienta1711

polymathic1754

omni-erudite1835

polyhistoric1878

polymath1881

know-it-all1883

know-all-about-it1887

pointy-head1960

pointy-headed1968

1960 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 14 May 6/5 They put the sons of fathers into office in the pointy-head illusion that they are voting for the fathers.

1968 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 5 Aug. 5/6 I think we should take all those pointy-head intellectuals with briefcases and toss them into the Potomac River.

1972 Guardian 21 Feb. 2/4 George Wallace..attacked Muskie, Humphrey, and his other ‘pointy-head’ opponents.

2000 Daily Tel. 5 Dec. 34/2 The tool for measuring this is a pointy-head theory called discounted cash flow analysis, which also takes account of inflation.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pointy-head
释义	pointy-headn.adj. Brit. /ˈpɔɪntɪˌhɛd/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪn(t)iˌ(h)ɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pointy adj., head n.¹ Etymology: < pointy adj. + head n.¹ colloquial (originally U.S.). A. n. 1. depreciative. A person with mental retardation; a stupid person, a moron. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > type of > person idiot born1558 cretin1775 cretinist1839 Mongol1896 moron1910 pointy-head1946 Mongoloid1949 1946 Nashua (New Hampsh.) Tel. 16 Dec. 11/1 ‘What is it—a cat?’ I asked. ‘Nope,’ he said.., ‘a Zip.’..I saw a little pin-headed freak... Those pygmies with heads like inverted ice cream cones used to be popular sideshow attractions... I suggested he get rid of the pointy-head. 1963 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Jan. 6/2 You'll find him among the intellectuals and you'll find him with the pointy-heads. 1973 J. Di Mona Last Man at Arlington (1974) 178 Idiots... Pointy heads that didn't know how to operate. 2. A supposed expert or intellectual, esp. one who is out of touch with practical matters. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of > one who has or claims polyhistor1588 omniscian1593 walking dictionary1609 polymathist1621 polymath1624 callent1637 polyhistorian1669 at-all1672 omniscient1710 universalist1713 dictionary1734 know-all1800 Crichton1807 pantologist1840 pansophist1864 encyclopaedist1871 know-it-all1873 omniscientist1932 pointy-head1969 1969 Playboy Dec. 230 There are pointy-heads who prefer Joseph Conrad or William Faulkner. 1972 Times 5 May 6/3 Mr Wallace..dismissed it quickly at the end of his address as ‘the most callous, asinine, stupid thing that was ever conceived by some pointy-head in Washington DC’. 1990 W. Sheed Ess. in Disguise ii. xi. 151 Nixon was simply taking a last swipe at the pointy heads by sneering, like a school kid, at their prissy accents. 1993 R. Limbaugh See, I told you So xi. 133 You have to assume that fuzzy-headed academicians, the sandal-clad theoreticians, and the nearsighted pointy-heads in this administration have never held jobs in the real world. 2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 Feb. 68/2 People, in short, do not behave like the pointy heads say they should. B. adj. (attributive). (a) Stupid, idiotic. (b) That is a pointy-head; having pretensions to superior expertise but without practical sense. (c) Technically or academically sophisticated. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] > of persons universal1485 all-knowing1507 omniscious1588 pancratic1645 know-all1708 omniscienta1711 polymathic1754 omni-erudite1835 polyhistoric1878 polymath1881 know-it-all1883 know-all-about-it1887 pointy-head1960 pointy-headed1968 1960 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 14 May 6/5 They put the sons of fathers into office in the pointy-head illusion that they are voting for the fathers. 1968 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 5 Aug. 5/6 I think we should take all those pointy-head intellectuals with briefcases and toss them into the Potomac River. 1972 Guardian 21 Feb. 2/4 George Wallace..attacked Muskie, Humphrey, and his other ‘pointy-head’ opponents. 2000 Daily Tel. 5 Dec. 34/2 The tool for measuring this is a pointy-head theory called discounted cash flow analysis, which also takes account of inflation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1946
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