egghead

English

Etymology

egg +‎ head

Noun

egghead (plural eggheads)

1. (derogatory) A bald person, especially a man.
2. (derogatory) A coldly out of personal touch intellectual.

Synonyms

• boffin
• brain

Translations

pejorative: bald person

• Bengali: টেঁকো, টাঁক, টাঁকমাথা (ṭẽko, ṭãkô, ṭãkômatha)
• Finnish: pulipää

• Italian: zucca pelata f
• Polish: łysol (pl) m

pejorative: intellectual

• Bengali: আঁতেল (bn) (ãtel)
• Finnish: valopää (fi)
• French: intello (fr)
• German: Eierkopf (de) m
• Greek: διανοούμενος (el) m (dianooúmenos)

• Italian: secchione (it) m
• Polish: jajogłowy (pl) m pers
• Russian: яйцеголо́вый (ru) m (jajcegolóvyj)
• Spanish: lumbrera (es) f, cerebrito m

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} crâne d'œuf (fr) m

See also

• wonk