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Bigheaded

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Adjective

1. bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish

(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant

Example Sentences:
'a snotty little scion of a degenerate family'
'they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bigheaded

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noun
1. informal
a conceited person
2. US and Canadian informal
conceit; egotism
3. veterinary science
a. 
an abnormal bulging or increase in the size of an animal's skull, as from osteomalacia
b. 
any of various diseases of sheep characterized by swelling of the head, esp any caused by infection with Clostridium bacteria

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Bigheaded

see synonyms of bigheaded
noun
1.  Informal
conceit; egotism
: also big head
2. 
any of certain diseases of animals, esp. sheep, characterized by the swelling of tissues about the head

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Bigheaded

see synonyms of bigheaded
n.
1. Informal Conceit; egotism.
2. also big·head (bĭghĕd) Any of various diseases of animals, especially rams, characterized by swelling of the head, face, or neck.

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