egghead

/ˈɛɡˌhɛd/
noun
  1. A person who is very intelligent and interested in academic or intellectual matters, sometimes used in a mildly teasing way.
    • The professor was a bit of an egghead, always reading thick books.
    • Some people called him an egghead because he loved math and science.
    • The movie made fun of the eggheads in the research lab.
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