brainsick

[ breyn-sik ]

adjective

1. insane; crazy; mad.

brainsick

/ ˈbreɪnˌsɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad

Derived Forms

• ˈbrainˌsickness, noun
• ˈbrainˌsickly, adverb

Other Words From

• brainsickly adverb
• brainsickness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brainsick¹

before 1000; Middle English brain-seke, Old English brægensēoc. See brain, sick ¹

Example Sentences

And this man, at once unprincipled and brainsick, had in his keeping the understanding and the conscience of the unhappy Monmouth.

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Posterity can do simply nothing for a man; nor even seem to do much if the man be not brainsick.

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I hope so, for I would fain think some sunny thought of the poor brainsick folk.

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To be brainsick and heartsick in a cruel and unfamiliar world is to be morbid.

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