Rattlebrain

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rattlebrained person.

    "a genial young fellow enough to look at, and something of a rattlebrain, to all appearance."

Example

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"a genial young fellow enough to look at, and something of a rattlebrain, to all appearance."

Etymology

From rattle + brain.

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