light headn.²adj.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪt hɛd/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪt ˌhɛd/

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

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + head n.¹ Compare earlier light-headed adj.

A. n.²

An injudicious or easily persuaded person; a silly or gullible person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > giddy, light-headed

light head1536

cock-brain1556

fiddler1591

wild goose1597

barmy-froth1598

knick-knacker1622

nugator1656

shatter-pate1775

feather-brain1776

whirl-brain1817

feather-head1834

date1914

bubblehead1916

airhead1971

1536 King Henry VIII Let. 14 Oct. in Camden Misc. (1992) XXXI. 53 By thoccasion of the traitorous insurrection in Lincolnshire light heades may take courage to attempt thinges..unlawfull.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1582/1 He was induced to attempt such follie..by some light heads that were then about him.

1609 W. Biddulph Trauels Certaine Englishmen 51 This champion [sc. Mahomet]..perswadeth light heads..how he is the messenger of God.

1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 367 Thou canst make lubbard and lighthead agree.

2011 M. Uzomba Onyekwere Igbo Idioms cxv. 202 The light heads believe that miracles are performed.

B. adj.

Light-headed; delirious, dizzy.Some later examples may represent a typographical error for light-headed adj.

ΚΠ

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. ii. iv. 124 Whilst I sat by her in her Lighthead Fits, she repeated scarce any other Name but mine.

2010 States News Service Newswire (Nexis) 28 Nov. A twenty year old male in the home was complaining of feeling light head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

light head n. the top portion of a light or framed division within a window; cf. sense 9.

ΚΠ

1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages 197 The characteristic of the Italian Gothic is a string of shallow small dentils..bordering the small arches of the light-heads.

2000 Sc. Archaeological Jrnl. 22 141 The east gable wall contains a large three-light window with tracery in which the light heads touch the window arch.

单词	light head
释义	light headn.²adj. Brit. /ˈlʌɪt hɛd/, U.S. /ˈlaɪt ˌhɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, head n.¹ Etymology: < light adj.¹ + head n.¹ Compare earlier light-headed adj. A. n.² An injudicious or easily persuaded person; a silly or gullible person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > giddy, light-headed light head1536 cock-brain1556 fiddler1591 wild goose1597 barmy-froth1598 knick-knacker1622 nugator1656 shatter-pate1775 feather-brain1776 whirl-brain1817 feather-head1834 date1914 bubblehead1916 airhead1971 1536 King Henry VIII Let. 14 Oct. in Camden Misc. (1992) XXXI. 53 By thoccasion of the traitorous insurrection in Lincolnshire light heades may take courage to attempt thinges..unlawfull. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1582/1 He was induced to attempt such follie..by some light heads that were then about him. 1609 W. Biddulph Trauels Certaine Englishmen 51 This champion [sc. Mahomet]..perswadeth light heads..how he is the messenger of God. 1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 367 Thou canst make lubbard and lighthead agree. 2011 M. Uzomba Onyekwere Igbo Idioms cxv. 202 The light heads believe that miracles are performed. B. adj. Light-headed; delirious, dizzy.Some later examples may represent a typographical error for light-headed adj. ΚΠ 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. ii. iv. 124 Whilst I sat by her in her Lighthead Fits, she repeated scarce any other Name but mine. 2010 States News Service Newswire (Nexis) 28 Nov. A twenty year old male in the home was complaining of feeling light head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). > as lemmas light head light head n. the top portion of a light or framed division within a window; cf. sense 9. ΚΠ 1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages 197 The characteristic of the Italian Gothic is a string of shallow small dentils..bordering the small arches of the light-heads. 2000 Sc. Archaeological Jrnl. 22 141 The east gable wall contains a large three-light window with tracery in which the light heads touch the window arch. extracted from lightn.¹ < n.²adj.1536 as lemmas
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light headn.2adj.

> as lemmas

light headn.²adj.