big-headn.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡˌ(h)ɛd/

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

Etymology: < big adj. + head n.¹ Compare big-headed adj.With sense 1 compare dikkop n. 2.

1. Originally U.S. Any of several diseases of livestock characterized by swelling of the head; esp. (a) osteitis fibrosa in horses; (b) (more fully yellow bighead) photosensitivity dermatitis of the face in sheep. Cf. dikkop n. 2.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > other disorders

bunnyc1440

cold1486

big-head1805

dwarfism1833

milk fever1860

fagopyrism1895

hyperdactyly1902

myelocytoma1929

osteofibrosis1936

mousepox1947

osteolathyrism1957

whitepox1996

1805 Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer 3 Dec. in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) I. 61 A Brown Steer, having ‘what they call the Big Head’.

1828 J. Ware Pocket Farrier 66 The Big Head made its appearance in this State [sc. Virginia] about the year 1796 or 1797, and for some time was fatal in its consequences.

1896 Lancet 13 June 1628/2 The disease [sc. osteoporosis] is also common in the United States under the name ‘bighead’ and is generally attributed to cold and damp.

1928 A. W. Sampson Livestock Husb. on Range & Pasture 189 The bighead victim seldom stands still and frequently bumps into other sheep..as if its eyesight were affected.

1941 H. F. Blum Photodynamic Action & Dis. caused by Light xiv. 152 Yellow Bighead and photosensitivity, known as geeldikkop in Africa and facial eczema in New Zealand.

1955 S. H. Gaiger & G. O. Davies Vet. Pathol. & Bacteriol. (ed. 4) xxxvii. 711 The condition [sc. osteofibrosis] is also known..in England, as ‘big head’.

1996 Radiology 199 239/1 The rarity of this disease [sc. osteitis fibrosa] in humans is in dramatic contrast to recognition of a similar entity called ‘bighead’ in animals.

2002 I. S. Rossoff Encycl. Clin. Toxicol. 236/1 C[hloris] truncata..of Australia is a useful fodder plant, but suspect as a cause of ‘yellow bighead’ and ‘bighead jaundice’ in sheep.

2. Chiefly U.S. Any of various kinds of fish having large heads; (in later use) spec. (more fully bighead carp) an Asian carp, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, which following introduction into the U.S. has become a highly invasive species.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > cyprinus cephalus (chub)

chevinc1450

chub1496

chavender?a1500

pollard1585

botlinga1609

guff1655

sea-chub1668

poll1755

skelly1769

fallfisha1811

big-head1820

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Gobioidei > family Eleotridae > member of genus Eleotris

sleeper1854

big-head1889

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins) > member of genus Scorpaenichthyes (big-head)

big-head1889

1820 C. S. Rafinesque Ichthyologia Ohiensis 50 Vulgar names Chub, Big-mouth, and Big-head.

1889 Cent. Dict. Bighead, a local name of a Californian species of sculpin, Scorpænichthys marmoratus, a fish of the family Cottidæ.

1968 Science 13 Sept. 1102/2 In China and other Asian countries,..common carp is stocked with other species of the minnow family..such as..the bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis).

2003 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 2 Nov. d15/1 Bigheads feed voraciously on phytoplankton and zooplankton.

a. U.S. colloquial. figurative. The condition of having an inflated opinion of oneself; conceit, arrogance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun]

opinionc1425

wind1484

vokea1508

conceit1567

self-weening1570

cockishness1573

weening1575

self-conceit1576

self-opinion1593

conceitedness1595

self-conceitednessa1602

self-opinionatedness1668

self-opinionativeness1743

egotism1800

swell-head1845

big-head1850

big-headedness1850

self-opinionedness1879

swollen head1898

swelled-headedness1907

ikeyness1911

1850 ‘M. Tensas’ Odd Leaves from Louisiana Swamp Doctor 157 Pride..lets human nature die of the big-head before common sense can bleed freely.

1857 B. Young in Jrnl. Discourses 4 69/2 They need to be careful, or they will have the ‘big head’, and become as dead..as old pumpkins.

1896 Congress. Rec. Mar. 3030/2 [Such] men holding subordinate places in the government of the U.S. to-day..have got the ‘big head’ and got it bad.

1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant 226 A boss with a case of big-head will fill an office full of sore heads.

1931 A. Ellis Plain Anne Ellis 186 I would say, at a snap judgment, that she has the big-head.

2007 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 31 Oct. c1 They outplayed us, they out-toughed us. Not because they had the better athletes or because they were better coached. We got the big head and were looking over those guys.

b. colloquial. A conceited or arrogant person.

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the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] > conceited person

coxcomb1567

snipper-snappera1593

conceited1596

feather-cock1612

turkey-cocka1616

cockcomb1684

egotist1715

fop1755

fat1832

swell-head1845

swelled head1862

big-head1863

swollen head1898

Jack Strop1910

trombenik1922

1863 W. Stokes tr. Creation of World 107 in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1864 The Father's anger hath gone with me For slaying Abel (the) big-head.

1932 J. Cary Aissa Saved 106 He is simply a fool, a conceited bighead who thinks he knows better than the oldest and most experienced men in the whole country.

1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 238 Saying..‘This man was a bighead,’ in baffled parody of Shakespeare's funeral speeches.

2002 Bliss June 64/3 So, will Mr Gates turn into a big-head or will he remain the loveable puppy of pop?

4. A large, grotesque mask covering the head, typically worn in a pantomime or carnival; a performer in such a mask.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > for face or head > person wearing

hoodman1565

vizard1652

domino1749

big-head1895

1895 A. Roberts & R. Morton Adventures A. Roberts vi. 73 Everybody gagged, even the supers and the big-heads.

1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage iv. 53 ‘You 'ad real pantos—..'Arliquinades, and a chorus of Big 'Eads.’ From the litter of the bygone he produces a specimen ‘Big Head’. It is a fantastic object nearly three feet high.

1964 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. 280 The delirium..consisted mostly in seeing small heads on legs coming up from the floor on either side of my bed, swelling up to the size of pantomime bigheads, and trotting away.

2007 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 10 Oct. 20 Children from a Winterbourne school paraded to their parish church in carnival ‘big heads’ to maintain an ancient tradition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	big-head
释义	big-headn. Brit. /ˈbɪɡhɛd/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡˌ(h)ɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., head n.¹ Etymology: < big adj. + head n.¹ Compare big-headed adj.With sense 1 compare dikkop n. 2. 1. Originally U.S. Any of several diseases of livestock characterized by swelling of the head; esp. (a) osteitis fibrosa in horses; (b) (more fully yellow bighead) photosensitivity dermatitis of the face in sheep. Cf. dikkop n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > other disorders bunnyc1440 cold1486 big-head1805 dwarfism1833 milk fever1860 fagopyrism1895 hyperdactyly1902 myelocytoma1929 osteofibrosis1936 mousepox1947 osteolathyrism1957 whitepox1996 1805 Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer 3 Dec. in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) I. 61 A Brown Steer, having ‘what they call the Big Head’. 1828 J. Ware Pocket Farrier 66 The Big Head made its appearance in this State [sc. Virginia] about the year 1796 or 1797, and for some time was fatal in its consequences. 1896 Lancet 13 June 1628/2 The disease [sc. osteoporosis] is also common in the United States under the name ‘bighead’ and is generally attributed to cold and damp. 1928 A. W. Sampson Livestock Husb. on Range & Pasture 189 The bighead victim seldom stands still and frequently bumps into other sheep..as if its eyesight were affected. 1941 H. F. Blum Photodynamic Action & Dis. caused by Light xiv. 152 Yellow Bighead and photosensitivity, known as geeldikkop in Africa and facial eczema in New Zealand. 1955 S. H. Gaiger & G. O. Davies Vet. Pathol. & Bacteriol. (ed. 4) xxxvii. 711 The condition [sc. osteofibrosis] is also known..in England, as ‘big head’. 1996 Radiology 199 239/1 The rarity of this disease [sc. osteitis fibrosa] in humans is in dramatic contrast to recognition of a similar entity called ‘bighead’ in animals. 2002 I. S. Rossoff Encycl. Clin. Toxicol. 236/1 C[hloris] truncata..of Australia is a useful fodder plant, but suspect as a cause of ‘yellow bighead’ and ‘bighead jaundice’ in sheep. 2. Chiefly U.S. Any of various kinds of fish having large heads; (in later use) spec. (more fully bighead carp) an Asian carp, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, which following introduction into the U.S. has become a highly invasive species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > cyprinus cephalus (chub) chevinc1450 chub1496 chavender?a1500 pollard1585 botlinga1609 guff1655 sea-chub1668 poll1755 skelly1769 fallfisha1811 big-head1820 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Gobioidei > family Eleotridae > member of genus Eleotris sleeper1854 big-head1889 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins) > member of genus Scorpaenichthyes (big-head) big-head1889 1820 C. S. Rafinesque Ichthyologia Ohiensis 50 Vulgar names Chub, Big-mouth, and Big-head. 1889 Cent. Dict. Bighead, a local name of a Californian species of sculpin, Scorpænichthys marmoratus, a fish of the family Cottidæ. 1968 Science 13 Sept. 1102/2 In China and other Asian countries,..common carp is stocked with other species of the minnow family..such as..the bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis). 2003 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 2 Nov. d15/1 Bigheads feed voraciously on phytoplankton and zooplankton. 3. a. U.S. colloquial. figurative. The condition of having an inflated opinion of oneself; conceit, arrogance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] opinionc1425 wind1484 vokea1508 conceit1567 self-weening1570 cockishness1573 weening1575 self-conceit1576 self-opinion1593 conceitedness1595 self-conceitednessa1602 self-opinionatedness1668 self-opinionativeness1743 egotism1800 swell-head1845 big-head1850 big-headedness1850 self-opinionedness1879 swollen head1898 swelled-headedness1907 ikeyness1911 1850 ‘M. Tensas’ Odd Leaves from Louisiana Swamp Doctor 157 Pride..lets human nature die of the big-head before common sense can bleed freely. 1857 B. Young in Jrnl. Discourses 4 69/2 They need to be careful, or they will have the ‘big head’, and become as dead..as old pumpkins. 1896 Congress. Rec. Mar. 3030/2 [Such] men holding subordinate places in the government of the U.S. to-day..have got the ‘big head’ and got it bad. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant 226 A boss with a case of big-head will fill an office full of sore heads. 1931 A. Ellis Plain Anne Ellis 186 I would say, at a snap judgment, that she has the big-head. 2007 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 31 Oct. c1 They outplayed us, they out-toughed us. Not because they had the better athletes or because they were better coached. We got the big head and were looking over those guys. b. colloquial. A conceited or arrogant person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] > conceited person coxcomb1567 snipper-snappera1593 conceited1596 feather-cock1612 turkey-cocka1616 cockcomb1684 egotist1715 fop1755 fat1832 swell-head1845 swelled head1862 big-head1863 swollen head1898 Jack Strop1910 trombenik1922 1863 W. Stokes tr. Creation of World 107 in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1864 The Father's anger hath gone with me For slaying Abel (the) big-head. 1932 J. Cary Aissa Saved 106 He is simply a fool, a conceited bighead who thinks he knows better than the oldest and most experienced men in the whole country. 1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 238 Saying..‘This man was a bighead,’ in baffled parody of Shakespeare's funeral speeches. 2002 Bliss June 64/3 So, will Mr Gates turn into a big-head or will he remain the loveable puppy of pop? 4. A large, grotesque mask covering the head, typically worn in a pantomime or carnival; a performer in such a mask. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > for face or head > person wearing hoodman1565 vizard1652 domino1749 big-head1895 1895 A. Roberts & R. Morton Adventures A. Roberts vi. 73 Everybody gagged, even the supers and the big-heads. 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage iv. 53 ‘You 'ad real pantos—..'Arliquinades, and a chorus of Big 'Eads.’ From the litter of the bygone he produces a specimen ‘Big Head’. It is a fantastic object nearly three feet high. 1964 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. 280 The delirium..consisted mostly in seeing small heads on legs coming up from the floor on either side of my bed, swelling up to the size of pantomime bigheads, and trotting away. 2007 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 10 Oct. 20 Children from a Winterbourne school paraded to their parish church in carnival ‘big heads’ to maintain an ancient tradition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1805
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