featherbrain

feath·er·brain

(fĕth′ər-brān′)

A silly, flighty, or empty-headed person.

feath′er·brained′ adj.

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featherbrain

(ˈfɛðəˌbreɪn) or

featherhead

a frivolous or forgetful person

ˈfeatherˌbrained, ˈfeatherˌheaded adj

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feath•er•brain

(ˈfɛð ərˌbreɪn)

n.

a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.

[1830–40]

feath′er•brained`, adj.

Translations

cabeça de vento

featherbrain

[ˈfeðəbreɪn] N → cabeza f de chorlito

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Some featherbrain has gone through French history articles with a Mongol obsession, hence the frequently occurring sentence, "So-and-so had no known contact with the Mongols." Then along comes someone who has read and probably misunderstood some popular account.

Goodbye to all what?

TORVALD: Has my little featherbrain been out wasting money again?

Playbird or featherbrain?

Next he afflicted Garnswllt's Greg Thomas with serial injuries and, perhaps worse, selection for the traumatic West Indies tour of 1985-86 under featherbrain David Gower.