different between bigheadedness vs bighead

English

Alternative forms

• big head

Etymology

From big +? head

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???h?d/

Noun

bighead (plural bigheads)

1. (colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
2. (colloquial) One of several species of fish having a large head.
3. (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

See also

• proudling (obsolete)
• swellhead
• egotist