featherbrain

[ feth-er-breyn ]

noun

1. a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.

featherbrain

/ ˈfɛðəˌbreɪn /

noun

1. a frivolous or forgetful person

Derived Forms

• ˈfeatherˌbrained, adjective

Other Words From

• feather·brained adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of featherbrain¹

First recorded in 1830–40; feather + brain

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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I was always laughing and skipping about like a featherbrain.

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You I can trust; but she is a bit of a featherbrain, and one never knows what may happen.

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