BRAINLESS
ADJECTIVES
1526 ► HEADLESS brainless; wanting in brains or intellect
1647 ► FEATHER-HEADED brainless; empty-headed, harebrained, silly
1727 ► EXCEREBROSE brainless; wanting brains → obs.
.M20 ► ACEREBRAL brainless; unintelligent; unthinking
1892 ► HARNLESS brainless → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1892 ► HEN-MINDED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless → Amer. dial.
1900 ► GOOSE-HEADED foolish, brainless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► DEAD FROM THE NECK UP brainless; exceedingly stupid; habitually tongue-tied → sl.
.M20 ► ACEREBRAL brainless; unintelligent; unthinking
1970 ► SHIT-BRAINED brainless; stupid → sl.
1970 ► VEGETABLE brainless; very stupid → US students’ sl.
INTERJECTIONS
1999 ► DON’T PICK YOUR NOSE OR YOUR HEAD WILL CAVE IN! insult indicating that someone is brainless → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1596 ► LACK-BRAIN a person who is destitute of brains or sense; one wanting in wit; a stupid, empty-headed fellow; a fool
1682 ► CABBAGE-HEAD a brainless fellow; a stupid person; a soft-headed or witless person; a blockhead, dolt, oaf, fool, or simpleton; a thickhead; a silly person → sl.
1914 ► YOUNG SQUIRT a brainless or conceited person → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1955 ► HAMBURGERHEAD a person who has no more brains than a hamburger; a stupid or worthless person; a fool → US sl.
PHRASES
1905 ► HAIR AND HEAD, AN’ THAT’S ALL said of one without brains or sense → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1999 ► GOT SPACE TO SELL BETWEEN THE EARS brainless → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1810 ► BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE WHEN THE BRAINS WERE GIVEN AWAY to be brainless, or stupid, or at the least very dull
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