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Brained (gcide) | Brained \Brained\, p. a.
Supplied with brains.
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If th' other two be brained like us. --Shak.
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Brained (gcide) | Brain \Brain\ (br[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brained
(br[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Braining.]
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1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the
brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to
defeat.
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There thou mayst brain him. --Shak.
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It was the swift celerity of the death . . .
That brained my purpose. --Shak.
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2. To conceive; to understand. [Obs.]
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'T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen
Tongue, and brain not. --Shak.
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crackbrained (encz) | crackbrained,poblázněný adj: Zdeněk Brožcrackbrained,ztřeštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
featherbrained (encz) | featherbrained,bláznivý adj: Zdeněk Brožfeatherbrained,potrhlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
harebrained (encz) | harebrained,ztřeštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rattlebrained (encz) | rattlebrained, adj: |
scatterbrained (encz) | scatterbrained,popletený adj: Zdeněk Brožscatterbrained,roztržitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Addle-brained (gcide) | Addle-brained \Ad"dle-brained`\, Addle-headed \Ad"dle-head`ed\,
Addle-pated \Ad"dle-pa`ted\, a.
Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." --Motley.
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Dull and addle-pated. --Dryden.
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Clay-brained (gcide) | Clay-brained \Clay"-brained`\, a.
Stupid. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Cock-brained (gcide) | Cock-brained \Cock"-brained`\, a.
Giddy; rash. --Milton.
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Crack-brained (gcide) | crackbrained \crackbrained\, Crack-brained
\Crack"-brained`\(-br[=a]nd`), a.
Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; extremely foolish;
crazy; as, crackbrained notions. --Pope.
Syn: idiotic.
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crackbrained (gcide) | crackbrained \crackbrained\, Crack-brained
\Crack"-brained`\(-br[=a]nd`), a.
Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; extremely foolish;
crazy; as, crackbrained notions. --Pope.
Syn: idiotic.
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Dull-brained (gcide) | Dull-brained \Dull"-brained`\, a.
Stupid; doltish. --Shak.
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Fat-brained (gcide) | Fat-brained \Fat"-brained`\, a.
Dull of apprehension.
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feather-brained (gcide) | featherbrained \feath"er*brained\, feather-brained
\feath"er-brained\, a.
Giddy; frivolous; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity;
feather-headed. [Colloq.]
Syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, lightheaded,
light-headed, silly.
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featherbrained (gcide) | featherbrained \feath"er*brained\, feather-brained
\feath"er-brained\, a.
Giddy; frivolous; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity;
feather-headed. [Colloq.]
Syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, lightheaded,
light-headed, silly.
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Hairbrained (gcide) | Hairbrained \Hair"brained`\ (h[^a]r"br[=a]nd`), a.
See Harebrained. HairbreadthHarebrained \Hare"brained`\ (h[^a]r"br[=a]nd`), a.
Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow."
--North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]
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hairbrained (gcide) | Hairbrained \Hair"brained`\ (h[^a]r"br[=a]nd`), a.
See Harebrained. HairbreadthHarebrained \Hare"brained`\ (h[^a]r"br[=a]nd`), a.
Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow."
--North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]
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Harebrained (gcide) | Harebrained \Hare"brained`\ (h[^a]r"br[=a]nd`), a.
Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow."
--North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]
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Hot-brained (gcide) | Hot-brained \Hot"-brained`\, a.
Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained
youth. --Dryden. Hot bulb |
left-brained (gcide) | left-brained \left"-brained`\, a.
Exhibiting intellectual or personality characteristics
suggesting dominance of linguistic or logical modes of
thought, which are usually controlled by the left cerebral
hemisphere; as, left-brained pedants unable to appreciate
music; also referred to as linear. See linear[3].
Contrasted with right-brained.
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Madbrained (gcide) | Madbrained \Mad"brained`\, a.
Disordered in mind; hot-headed. --Shak.
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Rattle-brained (gcide) | Rattle-brained \Rat"tle-brained`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*br[=a]nd`), a.
Giddy; rattle-headed.
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Scatter-brained (gcide) | Scatter-brained \Scat"ter-brained`\, a.
Giddy; thoughtless.
[1913 Webster]Shatter-brained \Shat"ter-brained`\, Shatter-pated
\Shat"ter-pat`ed\, a.
Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild;
similar to scatter-brained. --J. Goodman.
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scatter-brained (gcide) | Scatter-brained \Scat"ter-brained`\, a.
Giddy; thoughtless.
[1913 Webster]Shatter-brained \Shat"ter-brained`\, Shatter-pated
\Shat"ter-pat`ed\, a.
Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild;
similar to scatter-brained. --J. Goodman.
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Shallow-brained (gcide) | Shallow-brained \Shal"low-brained`\, a.
Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. --South.
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Shatter-brained (gcide) | Shatter-brained \Shat"ter-brained`\, Shatter-pated
\Shat"ter-pat`ed\, a.
Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild;
similar to scatter-brained. --J. Goodman.
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Sick-brained (gcide) | Sick-brained \Sick"-brained`\, a.
Disordered in the brain.
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addlebrained (wn) | addlebrained
adj 1: stupid and confused; "blathering like the addlepated
nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded,
muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne [syn: addlebrained,
addlepated, puddingheaded, muddleheaded] |
crackbrained (wn) | crackbrained
adj 1: insanely irresponsible; "an idiotic idea" [syn:
crackbrained, idiotic] |
featherbrained (wn) | featherbrained
adj 1: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy
blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn:
airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained,
giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly] |
harebrained (wn) | harebrained
adj 1: very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks
behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a
bridge between two mountains" [syn: harebrained,
insane, mad] |
rattlebrained (wn) | rattlebrained
adj 1: lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot
ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came
for"- Glenway Westcott [syn: rattlebrained,
rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty] |
scatterbrained (wn) | scatterbrained
adj 1: lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot
ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came
for"- Glenway Westcott [syn: rattlebrained,
rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty]
2: guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls" [syn:
flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained] |
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