head-in-airadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌhɛdɪnˈɛː/, U.S.

/ˌhɛdənˈɛ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, in prep., air n.¹

Etymology: < head n.¹ + in prep. + air n.¹ Compare earlier with one's head in the air at head n.¹ Phrases 3a, Johnny Head-in-the-Air n. at Johnny n. Phrases.

A. adj.

1. Of a person: dreamy, absent-minded, or unworldly; (also) characteristic of such a person. Cf. head n.¹ Phrases 3a(b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]

taunt?a1534

cocket1537

fastuous?1591

cobbing1599

whalebone1602

airy1606

fastigious1625

flatuous1630

high and mighty1633

vapouring1647

flatulent1658

hoity-toity1690

jackanapish1696

superior1711

penseful1788

uppish1789

pensy1790

stuck-up1812

glorified1821

toploftical1823

pretentious1832

sophomoric1837

highty-tighty1847

snippy1848

jumped-up1852

set-up1856

toplofty1859

cock-aloft1861

high-tone1864

high-toned1866

pretensivea1868

fancy-pants1870

hunched1870

snotty1870

head-in-air1880

uppity1880

jackanapsian1881

airified1882

sidey1898

posh1914

upstage1918

snooty1919

high-hatted1924

hincty1924

snot-nosed1941

posho1989

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective]

dreaminga1500

castle-building1740

daydreaming1814

daydreamyc1816

wool-gathering1850

head-in-air1880

Walter Mittyish1954

Mittyish1956

Mittyesque1958

Mitty-like1961

1880 19th Cent. Aug. 298 This is what our head-in-air philosophers never for a moment deign to consider.

1903 Trawl May 7 The Laureate crost over the lawn with the dreamy head-in-air gait that was known through five parishes round.

1962 J. Jones On Aristotle & Greek Trag. iv. iii. 279 Hegel on the masked drama was not altogether head-in-air (his understanding far surpassed Nietzsche's).

2011 Scunthorpe Tel. (Nexis) 27 Oct. 33 These rather un-jolly campers..have now, as anyone could have told the head-in-air priests who encouraged their presence, bitten the hand that fed them.

2. Haughty, self-important. Cf. head n.¹ Phrases 3a(a). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] > snobbish

airish1842

snobbish1850

head-in-air1888

high hat1924

toffee-nosed1925

snob1958

elitist1966

1888 R. B. W. Noel Mod. Faust iv. 81 Were their attention drawn to the circumstance, they might show plainly by their head-in-air deportment that they judged such an allusion indecorous and underbred in a modern drawing-room.

1906 H. R. Haggard Benita iv. 49 On the ship I always thought him rather a head-in-air kind of swell, but he was a splendid fellow.

B. n.

An absent-minded or unworldly person; a dreamer. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > one who daydreams

musardc1330

John-a-dreams1603

air-monger1628

castle-builder1711

daydreamer1750

castle-hunter1752

Alnaschar1800

reverist1824

stargazer1843

Johnny Head-in-the-Air?1851

pipe-dreamer1899

head-in-air1932

Walter Mitty1947

Mitty1953

1932 A. G. Keller Man's Rough Road 446 The rambling fool or the giddy head-in-air who is likely to lose his balance, fall in, and clog up the machinery.

1941 F. M. Cornford in tr. Plato Republic (1945) xx. 189 The above definition of the philosopher might suggest an unpractical head-in-air, unfit to control life in the state.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	head-in-air
释义	head-in-airadj.n. Brit. /ˌhɛdɪnˈɛː/, U.S. /ˌhɛdənˈɛ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, in prep., air n.¹ Etymology: < head n.¹ + in prep. + air n.¹ Compare earlier with one's head in the air at head n.¹ Phrases 3a, Johnny Head-in-the-Air n. at Johnny n. Phrases. A. adj. 1. Of a person: dreamy, absent-minded, or unworldly; (also) characteristic of such a person. Cf. head n.¹ Phrases 3a(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] taunt?a1534 cocket1537 fastuous?1591 cobbing1599 whalebone1602 airy1606 fastigious1625 flatuous1630 high and mighty1633 vapouring1647 flatulent1658 hoity-toity1690 jackanapish1696 superior1711 penseful1788 uppish1789 pensy1790 stuck-up1812 glorified1821 toploftical1823 pretentious1832 sophomoric1837 highty-tighty1847 snippy1848 jumped-up1852 set-up1856 toplofty1859 cock-aloft1861 high-tone1864 high-toned1866 pretensivea1868 fancy-pants1870 hunched1870 snotty1870 head-in-air1880 uppity1880 jackanapsian1881 airified1882 sidey1898 posh1914 upstage1918 snooty1919 high-hatted1924 hincty1924 snot-nosed1941 posho1989 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective] dreaminga1500 castle-building1740 daydreaming1814 daydreamyc1816 wool-gathering1850 head-in-air1880 Walter Mittyish1954 Mittyish1956 Mittyesque1958 Mitty-like1961 1880 19th Cent. Aug. 298 This is what our head-in-air philosophers never for a moment deign to consider. 1903 Trawl May 7 The Laureate crost over the lawn with the dreamy head-in-air gait that was known through five parishes round. 1962 J. Jones On Aristotle & Greek Trag. iv. iii. 279 Hegel on the masked drama was not altogether head-in-air (his understanding far surpassed Nietzsche's). 2011 Scunthorpe Tel. (Nexis) 27 Oct. 33 These rather un-jolly campers..have now, as anyone could have told the head-in-air priests who encouraged their presence, bitten the hand that fed them. 2. Haughty, self-important. Cf. head n.¹ Phrases 3a(a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] > snobbish airish1842 snobbish1850 head-in-air1888 high hat1924 toffee-nosed1925 snob1958 elitist1966 1888 R. B. W. Noel Mod. Faust iv. 81 Were their attention drawn to the circumstance, they might show plainly by their head-in-air deportment that they judged such an allusion indecorous and underbred in a modern drawing-room. 1906 H. R. Haggard Benita iv. 49 On the ship I always thought him rather a head-in-air kind of swell, but he was a splendid fellow. B. n. An absent-minded or unworldly person; a dreamer. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > one who daydreams musardc1330 John-a-dreams1603 air-monger1628 castle-builder1711 daydreamer1750 castle-hunter1752 Alnaschar1800 reverist1824 stargazer1843 Johnny Head-in-the-Air?1851 pipe-dreamer1899 head-in-air1932 Walter Mitty1947 Mitty1953 1932 A. G. Keller Man's Rough Road 446 The rambling fool or the giddy head-in-air who is likely to lose his balance, fall in, and clog up the machinery. 1941 F. M. Cornford in tr. Plato Republic (1945) xx. 189 The above definition of the philosopher might suggest an unpractical head-in-air, unfit to control life in the state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1880
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