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birdbrained

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bird-brained
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Silly and frivolous; empty-headed.

Etymology

From bird + brained.

Inflected Forms

more birdbrained (comparative) most birdbrained (superlative)

Synonyms

crackbrained addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted soft beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian

Questions

What does birdbrained mean?
Silly and frivolous; empty-headed.
Where does birdbrained come from?
From bird + brained.

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