bighead

See also: big-head and big head

English

Alternative forms

big head

Etymology

From big +‎ head

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪɡˌhɛd/

Noun

bighead (plural bigheads)

(colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
- 1997, Virginia Watson, Anyan's Story: A New Guinea Woman in Two Worlds, page 174:
  He is such a bighead and so lazy that I don't know how far he will go. He can read and write English a little bit and he thinks that is enough for him to know.
- 2010, Jonathan Wilson, Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches:
  'But there are too many egos, way too many. I mean bigheads who are sidetracked by stuff away from football.'
- 2011, Linda Hutton, The Wild Thyme Unseen, page 218:
  I'm not such a bighead that I think I can do better than Hugh and Hereman at reclaiming the main island.
(colloquial) One of several species of fish having a large head.
(colloquial) One of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.

Derived terms

African bighead snake (Hypoptophis wilsonii)
bighead beaked sandfish (Gonorynchus abbreviatus)
bighead brotula (Grammonus opisthodon)
bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, syn. Aristichthys nobilis)
bighead catfish (Clarias macrocephalus)
bighead catshark (Apristurus bucephalus)
bighead croaker (Collichthys niveatus and Pennahia anea)
bighead cusk-eel (Otophidium indefatigabile)
bighead dustymaiden (Chaenactis macrantha)
bighead goby (Drombus globiceps and Ponticola kessleri)
bighead grenadier (Coryphaenoides capito and Coryphaenoides rudis)
bighead grouper (Epinephelus amblycephalus)
bighead gurnard perch (Neosebastes pandus)
bighead horkelia (Horkelia fusca subsp. capitata)
bighead knapweed (Centaurea macrocephala)
bighead mora (Laemonema verecundum)
bighead pennah croaker (Pennahia anea)
bighead portholefish (Margrethia obtusirostra)
bighead pupfish (Cyprinodon pachycephalus)
bighead pygmycudweed (Evax prolifera)
bighead rush (Juncus megacephalus)
bighead sand perch (Diplectrum euryplectrum)
bighead sculpin (Batrachocottus baicalensis, Cottocomephoridae)
bighead sea snake (Hydrophis annandalei)
bighead seahorse (Hippocampus grandiceps)
bighead searobin (Prionotus tribulus)
bighead searsid (Holtbyrnia anomala)
bighead snailfish (Liparis megacephalus)
bighead spurdog (Squalus bucephalus)
bighead straitjackets (Micropsis dasycarpa)
bighead threefin (Trianectes bucephalus)
bighead tilefish (Caulolatilus affinis)
bighead whiptail (Coryphaenoides rudis)

Related terms

big-headed, bigheaded, bigheadedness
biggy head (Cottidae)

Translations

A person with an inflated opinion of themselves

Greek: κεφάλα (el) f (kefála)

Italian: pallone gonfiato m