brainsick
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- brainsickly adverb
- brainsickness noun
Etymology
Origin of brainsick
before 1000; Middle English brain-seke, Old English brægensēoc. See brain, sick 1
Example Sentences
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And then again he strove to put that from him, saying that what he had seen was but meet for one brainsick, and a dreamer of dreams.
From Wood Beyond the World by Morris, William
Old Salisbury, shame to thy silver hair, Thou mad misleader of thy brainsick son!
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
For in that case he is guilty of no crime against you; it is I that am mad and brainsick to accuse him now.
From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Pickard, Arthur Wallace
What, did the brainsick boy upbraid me so?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
And what a brainsick fool Ralph Roister Doister is Yourself knows well enough.
From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold
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