feather-headedadj.

Etymology: < feather-head n. + -ed suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfeather-ˈheaded.

1. Empty-headed, hare-brained, silly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective]

idlec825

giddyc1000

volage?a1366

apec1370

foolisha1382

vain1390

idleful1483

volageous1487

glaikit1488

cock-brained1530

apish1532

empty1550

sillyc1555

frivolous?1563

tickle-headed1583

light-braineda1593

frothy1593

owlish1596

bird-witted1605

empty-headed1614

idle-headed1614

empty-pateda1628

marmosetical1630

grollish1637

feather-headed1647

nonsense1647

whirl-crowned1648

feather-brained1649

swimmering1650

soft-pated1651

weather-headeda1652

shuttlecock1660

drum-headed1664

chicken-brained1678

halokit1724

desipient1727

shatter-pated1727

scattered-brained1747

light-thoughted1777

scatter-brained1804

shandy-pated1806

hellicat1815

feather-pated1819

inane1819

weather-brained1826

bubble-headed1827

tomfoolish1838

bird-brained1892

tottle1894

fluffy1898

scatty1911

wandery1912

scattery1924

twitterpated1943

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 28 Many Gentlemens..estates are deplumed by their feather-headed wifes.

1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man ii. 18 Ah! thou hast miss'd a Man..so far above this Feather-headed Puppey.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. liv. 106 Some feather-headed gentleman or lady.

1881 Irving in Macmillan's Mag. 45 305 It was little more than a conceited and feather-headed assumption.

2. Having a feathery top. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair

beardedc1450

downy1551

cottoned1578

friezed1578

maned1578

woolly1578

hairy1597

bristle-pointed1601

comous1657

fimbrious1657

tomentous1657

shagged1671

tomentose1698

crinated1724

villose1727

hispid1753

pubescent1760

setose1760

villous1766

lashed1776

silky1776

strigous1776

sericeous1777

awny1786

awned1787

strigose1793

shaggy1796

stupose1799

thready1804

feather-headed1821

setous1822

aristate1829

filamentous1835

fimbriate1836

puberulent1841

puberulous1841

sericated1848

barbate1853

strigillose1857

fimbrilliferous1866

ciliolate1870

fimbrillose1884

strigulated1899

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 173 Feather-headed grasses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	feather-headed
释义	feather-headedadj. Etymology: < feather-head n. + -ed suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfeather-ˈheaded. 1. Empty-headed, hare-brained, silly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective] idlec825 giddyc1000 volage?a1366 apec1370 foolisha1382 vain1390 idleful1483 volageous1487 glaikit1488 cock-brained1530 apish1532 empty1550 sillyc1555 frivolous?1563 tickle-headed1583 light-braineda1593 frothy1593 owlish1596 bird-witted1605 empty-headed1614 idle-headed1614 empty-pateda1628 marmosetical1630 grollish1637 feather-headed1647 nonsense1647 whirl-crowned1648 feather-brained1649 swimmering1650 soft-pated1651 weather-headeda1652 shuttlecock1660 drum-headed1664 chicken-brained1678 halokit1724 desipient1727 shatter-pated1727 scattered-brained1747 light-thoughted1777 scatter-brained1804 shandy-pated1806 hellicat1815 feather-pated1819 inane1819 weather-brained1826 bubble-headed1827 tomfoolish1838 bird-brained1892 tottle1894 fluffy1898 scatty1911 wandery1912 scattery1924 twitterpated1943 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 28 Many Gentlemens..estates are deplumed by their feather-headed wifes. 1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man ii. 18 Ah! thou hast miss'd a Man..so far above this Feather-headed Puppey. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. liv. 106 Some feather-headed gentleman or lady. 1881 Irving in Macmillan's Mag. 45 305 It was little more than a conceited and feather-headed assumption. 2. Having a feathery top. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair beardedc1450 downy1551 cottoned1578 friezed1578 maned1578 woolly1578 hairy1597 bristle-pointed1601 comous1657 fimbrious1657 tomentous1657 shagged1671 tomentose1698 crinated1724 villose1727 hispid1753 pubescent1760 setose1760 villous1766 lashed1776 silky1776 strigous1776 sericeous1777 awny1786 awned1787 strigose1793 shaggy1796 stupose1799 thready1804 feather-headed1821 setous1822 aristate1829 filamentous1835 fimbriate1836 puberulent1841 puberulous1841 sericated1848 barbate1853 strigillose1857 fimbrilliferous1866 ciliolate1870 fimbrillose1884 strigulated1899 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 173 Feather-headed grasses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1647
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