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† cock-brain Obs.
One to whom is ascribed the brain of a cock; a light-headed, rash, and foolish person. Cf. bird-witted.
1567Drant Horace's Ep. de Arte P. A iiij, A freshe hote younker cocke braine, wylde. 1577Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1619) 33 A very presumptuous and heady Cock-braine. a1640Jackson Creed xi. xxxvi. Wks. XI. 117 Haughty cock⁓brains, or furious hotspurs. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 120 A light-head or cock-brain. |