Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rattlebrain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rat-tle-brain
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rattlebrained person.

Example Sentences

"a genial young fellow enough to look at, and something of a rattlebrain, to all appearance."
"My mother, peace be with her, when she called me a rattlebrain, was right."

Etymology

From rattle + brain.

Inflected Forms

rattlebrains (plural)

Questions

What does rattlebrain mean?: A rattlebrained person.
Where does rattlebrain come from?: From rattle + brain.

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