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crackbrained

[ krak-breynd ]

/ ˈkrækˌbreɪnd /

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adjective

foolish, senseless, or insane.

Origin of crackbrained

First recorded in 1625–35; crackbrain + -ed³

Words nearby crackbrained

crack willow, cracka, crackajack, crackberry, crackbrain, crackbrained, crackdown, cracked, cracked heel, cracked heels, cracked up

Example sentences from the Web for crackbrained

According to Aubrey, the author was thought to be crackbrained, and lost much of his practice in consequence.

Fathers of Biology |Charles McRae
This p. 83came from a hundred children collected by a crackbrained stranger (said to be English).

The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" |John MacGregor
People at court laughed at Teynagel and his mission, and Henry treated him as a crackbrained adventurer.

The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I. |John Lothrop Motley
She had no right to use such a power for the propaganda of crackbrained theories!

The Fall of a Nation |Thomas Dixon

They were of a very various kind, and no bad epitome of the mind of a gallant and crackbrained coxcomb.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for crackbrained

crackbrained

/ (ˈkrækˌbreɪnd) /

adjective

insane, idiotic, or crazy