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featherbrain

[feth -er-breyn]
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noun
  1. a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
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Also featherhead.

Origin of featherbrain

First recorded in 1830–40; feather + brain
Related formsfeath·er·brained, adjective
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Related Words for featherbrain

clod, donkey, dunce, blunderer, butterfingers, klutz, dolt, bonehead, idiot, butcher, botcher, incompetent, fool, numskull, blockhead, ignoramus, duffer, bumbler, spoiler, foul-up

Examples from the Web for featherbrain

Historical Examples of featherbrain

  • I was always laughing and skipping about like a featherbrain.

    His Masterpiece

    Emile Zola

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

    A True Friend

    Adeline Sergeant

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

    Balsamo, The Magician

    Alexander Dumas

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

    Insect Adventures

    J. Henri Fabre

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

    Iconoclasts

    James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for featherbrain

featherbrain

featherhead

noun
  1. a frivolous or forgetful person
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Derived Formsfeatherbrained or featherheaded, adjective
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