plural eggheads
often attributive
informal + often disparaging
: a person with intellectual interests or pretensions : a brainy person
If you loved to read, you were considered an egghead, and there was absolutely nothing worse than to be considered an egghead.—
Marvin V. Arnett
—often used before another nounMarvin V. Arnetta bunch of egghead scientists
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“Egghead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egghead. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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