feather-brainn.

Brit.

/ˈfɛðəbreɪn/, U.S.

/ˈfɛðərˌbreɪn/

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

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

A person with little intelligence or common sense; a silly or empty-headed person. Also: a brain that is lacking in intellect (also in plural in same sense: cf. brain n. 1b).

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

the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] > type of

feather-brain1776

pea-brain1938

1776 St. James's Chron. 6–9 July What a Quantity of Brain Must he think such Heads contain! Tho' it proves a false Alarm, Feather Brains can do no Harm.

1839 T. Carlyle Chartism x. 107 Poor palpitating featherbrain.

1888 W. S. Gilbert Yeomen of Guard (1889) i. 7 Thou hast a feather-brain.

1926 D. H. Lawrence David v. 30 Nor does she seem to waste her young brows in secret labours... She is a feather-brain.

1941 A. L. Rowse Tudor Cornwall xi. 269 Perhaps..it was his feather-brains which saved his head.

2010 E. Potter Kneebone Boy (2011) iii. 46 ‘Angela is such a featherbrain!’ ‘She'd forget her own ears if they weren't fastened to her head.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	feather-brain
释义	feather-brainn. Brit. /ˈfɛðəbreɪn/, U.S. /ˈfɛðərˌbreɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: feather n., brain n. Etymology: < feather n. + brain n. Compare earlier feather-brained adj. A person with little intelligence or common sense; a silly or empty-headed person. Also: a brain that is lacking in intellect (also in plural in same sense: cf. brain n. 1b). 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 the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] > type of feather-brain1776 pea-brain1938 1776 St. James's Chron. 6–9 July What a Quantity of Brain Must he think such Heads contain! Tho' it proves a false Alarm, Feather Brains can do no Harm. 1839 T. Carlyle Chartism x. 107 Poor palpitating featherbrain. 1888 W. S. Gilbert Yeomen of Guard (1889) i. 7 Thou hast a feather-brain. 1926 D. H. Lawrence David v. 30 Nor does she seem to waste her young brows in secret labours... She is a feather-brain. 1941 A. L. Rowse Tudor Cornwall xi. 269 Perhaps..it was his feather-brains which saved his head. 2010 E. Potter Kneebone Boy (2011) iii. 46 ‘Angela is such a featherbrain!’ ‘She'd forget her own ears if they weren't fastened to her head.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1776
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