Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feather-headed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: feath-er--head-ed
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

foolish or frivolous

Colloquial

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: having feathers on one's head.

Example Sentences

"... some feather-headed gentleman or lady whom in passing we regret to take as legal tender for a human being may be acting as a melancholy theory of life in the minds of those who live with them,"
"“You may be a feather—headed imbecile but is it a crime to be a feather-headed imbecile? What could you have possibly done to deserve this?”"
"Lucky wondered as he stood if there was anything worse than some foolishly romantic, feather headed old maid?"

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more feather-headed (comparative) most feather-headed (superlative)

Questions

What does feather-headed mean?: foolish or frivolous

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