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featherbrain

[ feth -er-breyn ]

/ ˈfɛð ərˌbreɪn /

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noun

a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.

Also featherhead.

Origin of featherbrain

First recorded in 1830–40; feather + brain

OTHER WORDS FROM featherbrain

feath·er·brained, adjective

Words nearby featherbrain

feather-veined, featherback, featherbed, featherbedding, featherbone, featherbrain, feathercut, feathered, featheredge, featherhead, feathering

Example sentences from the Web for featherbrain

She thought, the featherbrain, that she was entering the Leaf-cutters house!

Insect Adventures |J. Henri Fabre
You I can trust; but she is a bit of a featherbrain, and one never knows what may happen.

A True Friend |Adeline Sergeant
I was always laughing and skipping about like a featherbrain.

His Masterpiece |Emile Zola
That such a revulsion should occur in the nature of a gadabout and featherbrain like this girl, is not unnatural.

Iconoclasts |James Huneker

France will be prettily governed by a featherbrain, who has such whims.

Balsamo, The Magician |Alexander Dumas

British Dictionary definitions for featherbrain

featherbrain

featherhead

/ (ˈfɛðəˌbreɪn) /

noun

a frivolous or forgetful person

Derived forms of featherbrain

featherbrained or featherheaded, adjective