English

Adjective

cloud-headed ‎(not comparable)

1. Having one's head in the clouds: prone to thinking impractically, or to daydreams.
   • 1997 June 3, Rayctate, {REVIEW} PICK OF THE BROWN BAG: May 28, 1997, rec.arts.comics.misc, Usenet:

     In addition, you can stand in awe of yet another book, that despite being written by men, depicts women as cerebral creatures with slim builds and Barsoomian breasts instead of the typical cloud-headed, cassava-chested cranks of carnage.

   • 1999, Darren Gluckman, The Weight of the World and Other Stories (ISBN 1550965123), page 56:

     And in the cloud-headed days that followed, he struggled to make sense of this. Perhaps he was dreaming.

   • 2002, Zagat Survey 2002/03: Philadelphia Restaurants (ISBN 1570063966), page 40

     are the "cloud-headed waiters" suffering from oxygen deprivation?

   • 2007 April 23, hanc..., Re: Grand Central Terminal open all night?, in misc.transport.rail.americas, Usenet:

     If I had the time and money I would counter-sue those cloud-head advocates for violating my rights of safety, harassment, and passage. Railroad stations are not homeless shelters. / The cloud-headed advocates don't even ride the trains, and their organizations are funded by rich people who don't ride either.

   • 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead: Essays (ISBN 1429995041), page 110:

     A cloud-headed child, he likes rainbows and reading.