harebrained
English
adj
Definitions
- (of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.
- (of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained.
Etymology
Compound from English hare (harry) + English brained.
Origin
English
brained
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- addlebrained English
- beef-brained English
- birdbrained English
- brain English
- brained English
- brainedness English
- cockbrained English
- crackbrained English
- forhare English
- half-brained English
- hare English
- hare's ear English
- hare-skin English
- harebell English
- harebrain English
- harefoot English
- harehound English
- harekind English
- harelike English
- harelip English
- harish English
- lamebrained English
- madbrained English
- muddlebrained English
- peabrained English
- rattlebrained English
- scatterbrained English
- shatterbrained English
- shitbrained English
- hare Middle English
- hare
- brain
- harish
- harelip
- forhare
- brained
- harebell
- harelike
- harekind
- harefoot
- hare-skin
- harebrain
- harehound
- hare's ear
- madbrained
- peabrained
- lamebrained
- brainedness
- shitbrained
- cockbrained
- birdbrained
- crackbrained
- addlebrained
- beef-brained
- half-brained
- rattlebrained
- muddlebrained
- scatterbrained
- shatterbrained