SCATTERBRAIN, SCATTERBRAINED
ADJECTIVES
1577 — POLL-MAD mad-brained, uncontrolled, scatterbrained → obs.
1668 — AIRY-MINDED scatterbrained, stupid, simple-minded
1693 — MADPASH wild, rash, scatterbrained, insane, mad → obs.
1819 — KAE-WITTED — KAY-WITTED scatterbrained, harebrained → Sc.
1822 — OOSIE — OOZIE — OOZY scatterbrained, wool-gathering → Sc.
1867 — SCATTER-WITTED scatterbrained → Sc.
1876 — AIRY-HEADED scatterbrained, stupid, simple-minded
1898 — ALL ENDS AND SIDES unreliable, scatterbrained → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — CALEERIED scatterbrained, giddy → Ireland
1943 — TWITTERPATED foolish, silly; flighty, scatterbrained
1973 — DITSEY — DITZY scatterbrained, irresponsible
1976 — AIR-HEADED foolish, unintelligent; frivolous; scatterbrained → sl., orig. US
1999 — BLONDE slow-witted, vapid, scatterbrained
2006 — DIZZY stupid; scatterbrained → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1549 — FLIBBERTIGIBBET a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf
.M16 — FLITTERTIGIBBET a scatterbrain; an oaf; a gossiper
1570 — MADBRAIN a mad-brained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person (obs.)
1611 — MADPASH a crackbrained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person; a rash or turbulent person (obs.)
.M17 — RATTLEHEAD an oaf; a scatterbrain whose brain has dried and is rattling about in his head → Brit.
1728 — TAPIE — TAPPIE — TAUPIE — TAWPIE a giddy, scatterbrained, untidy, awkward, or careless person; generally applied to young women, occasionally to men → Sc.
..19C — SHITTERBRAIN a scatterbrain → Brit. sl.
..19C — SKITWIT a soft, foolish, scatterbrained person → Eng. dial.
1877 — YIP-YAP — YIP-YOP an upstart; a young, scatterbrained person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1886 — SKITTER-WIT a flighty person; a foolish, harebrained fellow; a scatterbrain → Eng. dial.
..20C — CALEERY a mischievous, scatterbrained, overexcitable person → Ireland
1912 — SCATTER-WIT a scatterbrain → Sc.
1926 — BIRD-BRAIN a person with a small brain; a frivolous, scatterbrained person; a fool; a stupid person
1960 — SCATTER-WILLIE a reckless, devil-may-care person; a scatterbrain → Sc.
1971 — AIRHEAD a foolish, unintelligent, or frivolous person; a scatterbrain → sl., orig. US
1972 — MINNY MOUSE a kind but simple-minded sort; one who is capricious, hapless, scatterbrained → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1973 — DITS — DITZ a silly, scatterbrained person → US sl.
1980 — WILMA a scatterbrained woman → US sl.
1988 — MOLLY PUTZ woman who is somewhat scatterbrained as to her dress, mannerisms, etc. → Amer. dial.
PHRASES
1994 — ALL OF ONE’S DOGS AREN’T BARKING scatterbrained; not in one’s right mind → sl. (Bk.)
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