bighead
11bighead — noun Date: 1805 1. any of several diseases of animals marked by swelling about the head 2. an exaggerated opinion of one s importance usually used with the • bigheaded adjective …
12bighead — bigheaded, adj. bigheadedness, n. /big hed , hed /, n. 1. Informal. an excessive estimate of one s importance; conceit. 2. Vet. Pathol. a. an inflammatory swelling of the tissues of the head of sheep, caused by the anaerobic bacillus Clostridium… …
13bighead — noun a) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person. b) The condition of being conceited, arrogant, or having an inflated opinion of oneself …
14bighead — big·head big .hed n any of several diseases of animals: as a) equine osteoporosis b) an acute photosensitization of sheep and goats that follows the ingestion of various plants compare FAGOPYRISM * * * big·head (bigґhed) 1. bulging of the skull… …
15bighead — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. An exaggerated belief in one s own importance: egoism, egotism, self importance. Informal: bigheadedness, swelled head. See SELF LOVE …
16bighead — n. braggart, boaster …
17bighead — noun (C) informal someone who thinks they are very important, clever etc bigheaded / bIg hedid/ adjective …
18bighead — big•head [[t]ˈbɪgˈhɛd, ˌhɛd[/t]] n. 1) inf Informal. conceit 2) vet a) inflammation of the head in sheep, caused by a bacterial infection b) vet enlargement of the head in horses, caused by nutritional hypothyroidism • Etymology: 1795–1805, amer …
19bighead — /ˈbɪghɛd/ (say bighed) noun 1. Veterinary Science an inflammatory swelling of the tissues of the head of sheep. 2. Colloquial a conceited person. {US; def. 2 1840s colloquialism} …
20bighead — noun any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease …
