crackbrained

[ krak-breynd ]

/ ˈkrækˌbreɪnd /

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adjective

foolish, senseless, or insane.

Nearby words

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

Origin of crackbrained

First recorded in 1625–35; crackbrain + -ed³

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Examples 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

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crackbrained

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crackbrained

adjective