scatter-brainn.
One who is incapable of serious connected thought; a thoughtless, giddy person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun]
mafflardc1450
juffler15..
dromedary1567
madbrain1570
batie buma1586
addle-head1592
blunderkin1596
nit1598
addle-pate1601
hash1655
blunderbuss1692
blunderhead1692
shaffles1703
fog-pate1732
blunderer1741
puzzle-pate1761
slouch1767
étourdi1768
botch1769
puddle1782
bumble1789
scatter-brain1790
addle-brain1799
puzzle-head1815
shaffler1828
chowderhead1833
muddlehead1833
muddler1833
flounderer1836
duffer1842
muddle-pate1844
plug1848
incompetent1866
schlemiel1868
dinlo1873
drumble-dore1881
hodmandod1881
dub1887
prune1895
foozler1896
bollock1916
messer1926
Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942
spaz1965
spastic1981
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person
flippera1400
butterflya1500
dalliera1568
fling-brain1570
barmy-froth1598
inconsiderate1598
cork1601
cork-brain1630
kickshaw1644
shatter-brain1719
shatter-pate1775
shatter-wit1775
scatter-brain1790
flutter-pate1894
Jack-o'-wisp1896
ditz1984
1790 W. Cowper Let. 31 July (1982) III. 401 Though I have seen you but once,..I have found out that you are a scatter-brain.
1898 S. Baring-Gould Old Eng. Home xii. 284 The generality of these scapegraces are simply scatter-brains.
Derivatives
ˈscatter-brained adj. that is a scatter-brain; characteristic of a scatter-brain.
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
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]
lightlyeOE
lightOE
lightsomea1425
flying1509
light-minded?1529
tickle or light of the sear?1530
giddya1547
light-headed1549
gidded1563
giddish1566
fling-brained1570
tickle-headed1583
toyish1584
shallow1594
leger1598
corky1601
barmy1602
airy1609
unfirma1616
unballast1622
cork-brained1630
unballasted1644
kickshawa1655
unserious1655
unstudious1663
flirtishc1665
caper-witteda1670
shatter-headedc1686
corky-brained1699
flea-lugged1724
halokit1724
shatter-brained1727
scattered-brained1747
shatter-witted1775
flippant1791
butterfly-brained1796
scatter-brained1804
gossamer1806
shandy-pated1806
shattery1820
barmy-brained1823
papilionaceous1832
flirtatious1834
flirty1840
Micawberish1859
scatterheaded1867
flibberty-gibberty1879
thistledown1897
shatter-pated1901
trivial-minded1905
scattery1924
fizgig1928
ditzy1979
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > scatter-brained
madbraina1560
mad-headeda1566
mad-braineda1577
madcap1591
shatter-headedc1686
shatter-brained1727
shatter-witted1775
scatter-brained1804
skivie1808
wuzzy1896
shatter-pated1901
scatty1911
twitterpated1943
1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court II. 14 [Expressions] such as easy fool, scattered-brained madman.]
1804 J. Currie in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1904) I. i. 30 A scatter-brained fellow.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 122 A cheerful scatterbrained creature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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