EGGHEAD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An intellectual; a very studious and academic person

Example:

in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("egghead" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

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