breadheadn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛdhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛdˌ(h)ɛd/

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

Etymology: < bread n. (compare sense 4c at that entry) + head n.¹

slang.

A. n.

1. Originally U.S. A person who is motivated by or obsessed with making money. Usually derogatory. Cf. bread n. 4c.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > love of money or gain > one who

philargyrist1633

chrysophilite1808

chrysophilist1811

breadhead1969

1969 J. Fabian & J. Byrne Groupie ii. 16 There is a new underground music scene happening, a sort of breadhead's version of UFO called the Other Kingdom.

1992 B. Sterling Hacker Crackdown 62 Anyone motivated by greed for mere money (as opposed to the greed for power, knowledge, and status) is swiftly written off as a narrow-minded breadhead whose interests can only be corrupt and contemptible.

2018 Scotsman (Nexis) 29 May He was a breadhead. He was sloppy with the band's obvious heritage.

2. A person who is knowledgeable or enthusiastic about bread.

ΚΠ

1992 Sunday Times 29 Mar. (Style & Travel section) 4/5 Sally Clarke..is such a bread-head that she has a bakery next to her restaurant in Kensington.

2016 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 29 Aug. The toast bar..is..the site for breadheads to geek out on gluten.

B. adj. (in attributive use).

Designating a person who is motivated by or obsessed with making money; of, relating to, or characteristic of such a person. Usually derogatory.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > money-loving

pecunious1509

philargyrous1655

money-loving1703

money-mad1768

breadhead1991

1991 Sunday Times 4 Aug. ii. 3/3 The really sharp Sixties boys never got waylaid by sex 'n' drugs, but kept their breadhead cool.

1996 Big Issue 26 Aug. 32/2 Bread-head ad men pushing kiddie consumerism.

2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 11 Apr. (Finance section) 16 The geeks who still hold fast to the notion that the internet is some sort of iconoclastic force for good and any attempt to regulate it is part of the wider fascist/breadhead conspiracy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breadhead
释义	breadheadn.adj. Brit. /ˈbrɛdhɛd/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdˌ(h)ɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., head n.¹ Etymology: < bread n. (compare sense 4c at that entry) + head n.¹ slang. A. n. 1. Originally U.S. A person who is motivated by or obsessed with making money. Usually derogatory. Cf. bread n. 4c. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > love of money or gain > one who philargyrist1633 chrysophilite1808 chrysophilist1811 breadhead1969 1969 J. Fabian & J. Byrne Groupie ii. 16 There is a new underground music scene happening, a sort of breadhead's version of UFO called the Other Kingdom. 1992 B. Sterling Hacker Crackdown 62 Anyone motivated by greed for mere money (as opposed to the greed for power, knowledge, and status) is swiftly written off as a narrow-minded breadhead whose interests can only be corrupt and contemptible. 2018 Scotsman (Nexis) 29 May He was a breadhead. He was sloppy with the band's obvious heritage. 2. A person who is knowledgeable or enthusiastic about bread. ΚΠ 1992 Sunday Times 29 Mar. (Style & Travel section) 4/5 Sally Clarke..is such a bread-head that she has a bakery next to her restaurant in Kensington. 2016 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 29 Aug. The toast bar..is..the site for breadheads to geek out on gluten. B. adj. (in attributive use). Designating a person who is motivated by or obsessed with making money; of, relating to, or characteristic of such a person. Usually derogatory. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > money-loving pecunious1509 philargyrous1655 money-loving1703 money-mad1768 breadhead1991 1991 Sunday Times 4 Aug. ii. 3/3 The really sharp Sixties boys never got waylaid by sex 'n' drugs, but kept their breadhead cool. 1996 Big Issue 26 Aug. 32/2 Bread-head ad men pushing kiddie consumerism. 2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 11 Apr. (Finance section) 16 The geeks who still hold fast to the notion that the internet is some sort of iconoclastic force for good and any attempt to regulate it is part of the wider fascist/breadhead conspiracy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1969
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