cock-brainn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkbreɪn/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌbreɪn/

Forms: see cock n.¹ and int. and brain n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, brain n.

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + brain n. Compare earlier cock-brained adj.

rare after 17th cent.

A foolish, rash, or stupid person (esp. a young man); a person lacking in judgement or common sense. Sometimes also as a more general term of abuse or contempt.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > giddy, light-headed

light head1536

cock-brain1556

fiddler1591

wild goose1597

barmy-froth1598

knick-knacker1622

nugator1656

shatter-pate1775

feather-brain1776

whirl-brain1817

feather-head1834

date1914

bubblehead1916

airhead1971

1556 [implied in: T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie xxii. sig. C.v The pleasantnes or bewtyfulnes of the voice, declareth folishnes, cockebraynes [L. insipientiam], and stoutnes. (at cock-brainness at Derivatives)].

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiiij A freshe hote younker cocke braine, wylde [L. adhuc florente iuuenta feruidus].

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius ii. xxiii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 34 A very presumptuous and heady cockbrayne.

a1640 T. Jackson Μαραν Αθα (1657) 3666 Haughty cock-brains or furious hot-spurs.

1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 165 A light head, or cock-brain.

1915 Dial. Notes 4 206 To my notion about twenty-five per cent of the youths are cock-brains.

2017 A. Ryan Legion of Flame xv. 166 ‘How d'you know those two cock-brains?’ ‘They were kind enough to give me directions.’

Derivatives

† cock-brainness n. Obsolete the quality or fact of being foolish, rash, or stupid.

ΚΠ

1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie xxii. sig. C.v The pleasantnes or bewtyfulnes of the voice, declareth folishnes, cockebraynes [L. insipientiam], and stoutnes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cock-brain
释义	cock-brainn. Brit. /ˈkɒkbreɪn/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌbreɪn/ Forms: see cock n.¹ and int. and brain n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, brain n. Etymology: < cock n.¹ + brain n. Compare earlier cock-brained adj. rare after 17th cent. A foolish, rash, or stupid person (esp. a young man); a person lacking in judgement or common sense. Sometimes also as a more general term of abuse or contempt. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > giddy, light-headed light head1536 cock-brain1556 fiddler1591 wild goose1597 barmy-froth1598 knick-knacker1622 nugator1656 shatter-pate1775 feather-brain1776 whirl-brain1817 feather-head1834 date1914 bubblehead1916 airhead1971 1556 [implied in: T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie xxii. sig. C.v The pleasantnes or bewtyfulnes of the voice, declareth folishnes, cockebraynes [L. insipientiam], and stoutnes. (at cock-brainness at Derivatives)]. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiiij A freshe hote younker cocke braine, wylde [L. adhuc florente iuuenta feruidus]. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius ii. xxiii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 34 A very presumptuous and heady cockbrayne. a1640 T. Jackson Μαραν Αθα (1657) 3666 Haughty cock-brains or furious hot-spurs. 1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 165 A light head, or cock-brain. 1915 Dial. Notes 4 206 To my notion about twenty-five per cent of the youths are cock-brains. 2017 A. Ryan Legion of Flame xv. 166 ‘How d'you know those two cock-brains?’ ‘They were kind enough to give me directions.’ Derivatives † cock-brainness n. Obsolete the quality or fact of being foolish, rash, or stupid. ΚΠ 1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie xxii. sig. C.v The pleasantnes or bewtyfulnes of the voice, declareth folishnes, cockebraynes [L. insipientiam], and stoutnes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556
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