BRAINISH

hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish

(adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; ā€œa hotheaded decisionā€; ā€œliable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangersā€; ā€œan impetuous display of spending and gamblingā€; ā€œmadcap escapadesā€; (ā€˜brainish’ is archaic)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

brainish (comparative more brainish, superlative most brainish)

(obsolete) hot-headed; furious

Anagrams

• bairnish

Source: Wiktionary


Brain"ish, a.

Definition: Hot-headed; furious. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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