head of a pin

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• How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? — The question, How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? has been used many times as a trite dismissal of medieval angelology in particular, and of scholasticism in general. The phrase has been used also to criticize figures such as Duns… …   Wikipedia

• angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin — adjective Adjectival or attributive form of angels dancing on the head of a pin. And also, many of the problems I’d had with what seemed to me to be I don’t know what you’d call it the angels dancing on the head of a pin aspect… …   Wiktionary

• angels dancing on the head of a pin — noun Arcane intellectual speculation. We are not talking about angels dancing on the head of a pin here …   Wiktionary

• head — [hed] n. [ME hede, heved < OE heafod, akin to Ger haupt (OHG houbit, Goth haubith) < IE base * kaput (orig. prob. cup shaped) > L caput: merged in Gmc with word akin to OHG hūba, a cap, crest (Ger haube) < IE base * keu , to bend,… …   English World dictionary

• pin|head — «PIHN HEHD», noun. 1. the head of a pin. 2. Figurative. something very small or worthless. 3. a small minnow. 4. Slang, Figurative. a person of little intelligence; nitwit …   Useful english dictionary

• pin — I n. metal fastener 1) a safety; straight pin 2) a bobby pin (AE; BE has hairgrip) 3) a drawing pin (BE; AE has thumbtack) 4) a pin pricks 5) (misc.) the head of a pin tube shaped piece of wood 6) a rolling pin target in bowling 7) to spot (… …   Combinatory dictionary

• pin — af·fen·pin·scher; al·pin·ia; al·pin·ism; al·pin·ist; al·pin·oid; al·y·pin; ap·pin·ite; ap·pro·pin·quate; ap·pro·pin·qui·ty; at·ro·pin·ize; bac·te·ri·ot·ro·pin; bi·pin; bi·pin·nar·ia; caes·al·pin·ia; caes·al·pin·i·a·ce·ae; ca·ne·pin; car·pin·cho;… …   English syllables

• head — headlike, adj. /hed/, n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 2. the corresponding part of the body in other animals. 3. the head considered as the center of… …   Universalium

• head — [[t]hɛd[/t]] n. 1) anat. the anterior or upper part of the vertebrate body, containing the skull with mouth, eyes, ears, nose, and brain 2) zool. the corresponding part of the body in invertebrates 3) the head considered as the center of the… …   From formal English to slang

• head·less — /ˈhɛdləs/ adj : having no head a headless pin a headless body …   Useful english dictionary

• head|pin — head pin, or head|pin «HEHD PIHN», noun. the front pin of the triangle of pins in bowling; kingpin …   Useful english dictionary