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bunhead

noun

Etymology

From bun (“a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head”) + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as bunhead — “bun + head”

Definitions

  1. An obsessive or extremely dedicated ballerina.

    • A bunhead who must have strayed from her New York City Ballet aspirations glanced furtively about the room, […]
    • […] I'm an aging bunhead. That's my problem. Like I told you, my life is ... But a dancer—especially a ballet dancer—has a shelf life that's shorter than a quart of milk[…]

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