0 a person, especially a man, who is very clever and interested only in studying and other mental activities
Stevenson himself made fun of his egghead nickname; in one speech he joked eggheads of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your yolks!
Egghead did not have a speech problem, but had an egg-shaped head and a clown-like nose.
Likes to call people eggheads.
Egghead becomes fed up with the antics and decides to join them as the cartoon ends.
Due to the academic strength of its members colloquially, it has been called the egghead eight.
The word "egghead" was originally used without invidious associations, but quickly assumed them, and acquired a much sharper tone than the traditional "highbrow".
The trouble is that eggheads have a constitutional tendency to ally themselves with fatheads; and it does not really work out from the point of view of a good policy.
He said that he would not pay eggheads for telling him why the grass was green.
