单词 | hot-brained |
释义 | hot-brainedadj. Impetuous, rash, reckless; of a fiery temperament. Cf. hot-headed adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [adjective] brothc1175 impetuous1398 headya1425 brainish1530 hot-brained1556 hot-headed1603 flashy1632 hot-reined1635 scapperboiling1673 warm1749 étourdi1750 torrentuous1840 impulsive1847 unpoised1872 torrential1877 Latin1914 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless > specifically of actions, feelings, etc. recklessOE racklec1405 savagec1425 rash1533 hot-brained1556 rashful1567 blindfold1593 lavish1600 wretchless1607 blind1615 hand over head1682 wild goose1770 plunging1798 wild cat1890 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1896 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 32 So may ye finde manie, to whome daungerous, and hotebrained deuises [L. calida consilia] seeme gloriouser, and greater, than quiet counsels. 1603 J. Davies in T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Second Day of First Weeke sig. A4v Such heate this worke of thine doth hold, As in a Sommers day we scarce shall find Among our hote-brain'd Poets. 1680 T. Otway Orphan v. 70 Stand off thou hot-brain'd boistrous noisy Ruffian. 1743 R. Blair Grave 9 Where are the mighty Thunderbolts of War?..Where the hot-brain'd Youth? 1787 W. Beckford Portuguese Jrnl. 1 July (1954) 113 The ridiculous hot-brained conduct of Mr. Walpole. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. ii. 21 Everywhere Want, Dishonesty, Unbelief, and hot-brained Sciolists for state-physicians. 1871 Overland Monthly June 506/1 Another hot-brained, brave young fellow..took his place. 1915 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 13 Dec. 4/6 Don't be a hot brained geek; Think twice and then, if you're still mad, Why, just forget to speak. 1953 T. Maynard Catholic Church & Amer. Idea 91 He is noted as hot-brained and unscrupulous. 2005 C. Mann 1491 Introd. i. 24 Expanding their empire in a hot-brained hurry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1556 |
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