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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
long-headed

"discerning," c.1700, from long (adj.) + head (n.).

WordNet
long-headed

adj. having a dolichocephalic head

Usage examples of "long-headed".

A second image came up and showed a dolichocephalic, or long-headed, skull.

The Mediterraneans were as long-headed as the Aryans: would admixture between these dolichocephalic peoples produce a broad-headed intermediate type?

He was tall for a Chinese, nearly six foot, one of the northern types akin to the Khamba Tibetan, big-boned and long-headed.

Ralph come up, who thrust the beast into the side with his long-headed spear, and not waiting to pull it out again, drew sword in a twinkling, and smote a fore-paw off him and then drave the sword in over the shoulder so happily that it reached his heart, and he fell over dead with a mighty thump.

Now that’s my outspoke mind, and I’ve been called a long-headed feller here and there.