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Feather-brained   Listen
adjective
feather-brained, featherbrained  adj.  Giddy; frivolous; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; feather-headed. (Colloq.)
Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed, silly.






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"Feather-brained" Quotes from Famous Books



... on; "I do not feel at all inclined, from what little I know of Rivarez, to intrust him with all the party's secrets. He seems to me feather-brained and theatrical. To give the whole management of a party's contraband work into a man's hands is a serious matter. Fabrizi, ...
— The Gadfly • E. L. Voynich

... fact that many of the featherbrained, harum-scarum captains endeavoured to man their vessels with men who had been trained in north-country colliers. These men were considered not only the best, but the most subordinate in the world. Perhaps this was correct, but I think ...
— Windjammers and Sea Tramps • Walter Runciman



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