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ˈpin-ˈheaded, a.
[f. pin-head + -ed2.]
a. Having a head like that of a pin; spec. of a flower = pin-eyed.
1861Pin-headed [see pin-eyed].
b. Of a person: having a small head like that of a pin; fig. stupid. So pin-ˈheadedness.
1901Ade Forty Mod. Fables 67 Is it not Sad to see a pin-headed Rake dissipating a Large Fortune? 1927Scribner's Mag. Feb. 209/1 He is living in parochial, hide-bound, pin-headed stupidity. 1928Wodehouse in Strand Mag. Aug. 107 People..were accustomed to set him down as just an ordinary pinheaded young man. Ibid. 108 Then they realized that his pin-headedness, so far from being ordinary, was quite exceptional. 1954‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom xiii. 178 A pin-headed, slick-haired man. 1960Sunday Express 3 July 15/6 The ‘pin-headed’ look is on its way in..shorter and still shorter hair. 1969[see Mille Miglia]. |