featherhead

American  

[feth-er-hed] / ˈfɛð ərˌhɛd /

noun

1. featherbrain.

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Other Word Forms

• featherheaded adjective

Etymology

Origin of featherhead

First recorded in 1825–35; feather + head

Example Sentences

It’s one of those memoirs that remind you why you liked memoirs in the first place, back before every featherhead in your writers’ group was trying to peddle one.

From New York Times • May 13, 2013

It is almost wicked of the Fates to give such a featherhead any problems to solve; she ought to have her what’s-his-name, Beckett, if she wants him, particularly if he wants her.

From Ladies-In-Waiting by Curtiss, Christine Tucke

You have sense and discretion above your years, and are no featherhead like Bertrand here.

From A Heroine of France by Everett-Green, Evelyn

I fear she doesn't treat them too considerately, the poor little featherhead.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

The Countess was very good company and not really the featherhead she seemed; all one had to do with her was to observe the simple condition of not believing a word she said.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by James, Henry