feather-brained

feather-brained
featherbrained feath"er*brained, feather-brained feath"er-brained, a. Giddy; frivolous; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; feather-headed. [Colloq.]

Syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed, silly. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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