单词 | brained |
释义 | brainedadj. Having a brain or brains, usually (with modifying word prefixed) of the specified kind.addle-, big-, clay-brained, etc. (chiefly depreciative). See also left-brained adj., right-brained adj. ΚΠ a1425 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1867) A. x. l. 61 Brayned [c1390 Vernon Brayn-wode as Beestes]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 47 Branyd or full of brayne, cerebrosus, cerebro plenus. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. F iv b Feble brayned folkes. 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. (new ed.) 48 Right artificiality..is not mad-brained, or ridiculous. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 6 If th' other two be brain'd like vs, the State totters. View more context for this quotation 1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie iii. sig. Ev My daughter is an apt, and wittie lasse: I know her apprehensive, and well-brayn'd. a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 70 That hot brain'd Sot Thy Father. 1784 Denouement 108 A foolish penchant for a little giddy brained girl. a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III vi, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 244/1 A mad-brained goblin for a guide. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. iv. v. 100 The addle-brained Oberstein. 1905 Author 1 Feb. 150 Has he thrown you over for her, the fluffy-brained thing? 1959 Amarillo (Texas) Globe-Times 12 Nov. 12/1 [She]..by her own admission is a little feather-brained. 1991 P. Barker Regeneration ii. ix. 97 You honestly believe that that gaggle of noodle-brained half-wits down there has a complex mental life? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1425 |
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